The AFP news agency from Los Angeles reported. United States on April 12 announced the state of California Salmon fishing at sea has been banned for the second consecutive year after the number of fish plummeted due to drought and forest fires.
The fact that only a small number of salmon can successfully reproduce Impact on California-related industries that create more than 23,000 jobs, they hope the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Order. (CDFW) is helping to increase the amount of Chinook salmon.
For the second year in a row, all commercial and recreational salmon fishing in California will be closed for the 2024 season to allow the salmon population to recover. https://t.co/jcdnGVeq56
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) April 11, 2024
Mr Charlton Bonham, Director of CDFW said, although there was a lot of rain this winter and last year. But the salmon are likely to benefit from this type of weather. Not returning to California. Until 2026-2027
“Salmon in this age are affected by environmental factors. That happened three to five years ago,” he said.
Over the past 20 years, drought has affected California. which has become particularly serious due to global warming As a result, fresh water currents are too warm for fish. They have to swim hard upstream to reproduce. And it is difficult for the salmon children to survive.
In 2023, only 6,100 salmon lived in the upper Sacramento River, compared to more than 175,000 salmon found in the river between 1996 and 2005 after their spawning period.
Scott Martis, president of the California Salmon Association, said the drought is not solely to blame. and accused Mr. Gavin Newsom, the Governor of California, of managing water poorly. In addition, the agricultural sector uses a lot of water. California’s water and natural resources and salmon…. It was stolen because of this governor.
However, Newsom said he has asked the central government for financial assistance. To compensate those who have suffered from salmon fishing
In addition, more than US $ 20 million (about 728 million baht) has been allocated to compensate for last year’s fishing season. But it is still subject to some limitations.
By the way, according to information from the California Salmon Association Local salmon industry Generates an income of about 1,400 million US dollars per year (about 51,000 million baht)
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