The fishery people have spoken! Salmon through October in California.

Started by JoseCuervo, April 21, 2021, 09:55:38 PM

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JoseCuervo

And opening late June north of HMB. Assuming the National Marine Fisheries Service adopts the recommendations of the Pacific Fishery Management Council. They should.

https://www.hmbreview.com/news/upcoming-salmon-season-dates-announced/article_348a611a-a2db-11eb-88fc-c3642ac530c2.html

By Felicia Hou    2 hrs ago

The Pacific Fishery Management Council has announced its recommendations for the 2021 ocean salmon season, which will be forwarded to the National Marine Fisheries Service for approval by May 16.

If approved, commercial fishing for the San Francisco area, from Point Arena to Pigeon Point, will be open intermittently mid-June through mid-August, and all of September. Recreational chinook salmon fisheries will open in late June and continue through October.
{South of Pigeon Point to Mexico is currently open}

Computer models were used to estimate the amount of harvestable surplus salmon in each region. Once that number was determined, commercial and sport fishermen worked to plan a season to maximize fishing opportunity while prioritizing salmon conservation.

The Council has described the past year as "challenging," especially for fishery stakeholders and the public in regards to maintaining conservation efforts for chinook and coho stocks.

"What's most important of all is to ensure that we are using proper conservation so that we do not overfish stock," said Marc Gorelnik, president of Coastside Fishing Club and chairman of the Pacific Fishery Management Council.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused Coastside fishermen to find creative ways to continue to fish. Commercial fishermen who normally sold to restaurants instead began to market directly to consumers. Recreational open party boats reduced load capacities to be able to continue the sport. This season, some Half Moon Bay fishermen may travel south of Pigeon Point to take advantage of an earlier season date.

As conservation needs continue to remain a priority, Gorelnik believes that the decreasing adult salmon population is a concern that should be taken more seriously by officials outside the fishing realm.

"It's decisions made on water use policies by the state of California," Gorelnik said. "Yes, we're in a drought, but that only aggravates the need to wisely apportion water."


Gfish

Man!, I wouldn't wanna be responsible for making those decisions. Too many interwoven variables to consider. 3 - 4 years down the line there may be some adverse effects of a low water year like this one. Wonder what the weather patterns are gonna do the bait species.
Fishing tackle is an art form and all fish caught on the right tackle are"Gfish"!

David Hall

We made it out twice in April and landed 9 fish.  Haven't been out in May even once!  Except a couple times on a friends boat, I don't count that because the Long Hall sat tied to the dock. And we were halibut fishing.