[SCE] Issues - Petition to stop the 2015 Bolinas Salmon season closure

[alevine at mcn.org]

Aside from having no Petition to look at or take action on:

There are numerous issues facing the Sacramento Salmon production.

Yes - the pumps kill numerous small fish ( as well as delta smelt and
other fish)

There are other threats to hatchery induced salmon smolt - i.e hungary
non-native bass just waiting to eat small salmon. (I think CDFW may be
trucking around the waiting bass - not sure).

Having to rely on hatchery fish is a problem in itself.

Then there are the illegal diverters in the Delta - gameing a system that
does not measure or track water use (thus pissing off competing Ag
interests)

Finally, the Governor's tunnel plan would also be a salmon killing threat.

Where Ag uses 80% of the water and supports only 2% of the State economy -
where is the justification of not forcing more economies (and monitoring
use) in on Ag??

We should be jumping all over this. Others are finally starting to get it.
Just not us - or - the fisherpeople.

Come on !!!!


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> Sonoma Coast Environmental
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> Hi there,
> This came in from our local fishing community and our friend Chris (Bodega
> fisherman).  Since I am very fond of fresh locally caught fish, I'm
> sending this along.  (In addition to the issues raised in the letter, our
> local fish is far better than the fish caught and sent to China for
> filleting and then sent back to us)
>
> Please consider circulating it for others to consider.
>
> Have a wonderful spring week,
> Rue
>
>
> Attached is the petition being circulated by the SF small-boat fishermen.
> The numbers of juvenile Chinook killed by the Delta export pumps are not
> included (maybe no one even knows how many are killed annually?), but that
> is the primary driver in the population decline of the Sacramento River
> Chinook Winter Run.
>
> I say let us catch (and eat) these beautiful wild King salmon, so that we
> can appreciate them and maintain our commitment to protecting the habitat
> they rely on!
>
> Thanks for your interest and please pass along the petition to anyone who
> might be interested. The CA DFW meeting on this issue will be held in on
> April 11-16 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Rohnert Park (1 Doubletree Dr.,
> Rohnert Park, CA, 94928).
>
>
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