State of Emergency - Salmon Fishing Closes
“In a last-ditch effort to save the Central Valley’s collapsing chinook salmon populations, the Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to recommend the closure of fishing operations this past Thursday, reports The Sacramento Bee’s Matt Weiser. This prompted Arnold Schwarzenegger, California’s governor, to declare a state of emergency — cautioning, alongside the Department of Fish and Game, that it would likely cost the state upwards of $255m and 2,263 jobs this year.“
Is Schwarzenegger right or wrong?
Read more Schwarzenegger Declares State of Emergency as Salmon Fishing Closes : TreeHugger
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April 14th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
For real salmon fishing go to the Kola Peninsula.
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