This year’s salmon season, supposed to the one of the best in many years, is looking like a bust. In Half Moon Bay, 65 recreational fishermen on charter boats caught just six fish, and the catches are similarly disappointing all along the coast.
There are lots of theories why things are so bad. The most disturbing one is that a die-off caused by the allocation of water to farmers on the Klamath River, despite a drought, is continuing to impact the fishery. It may simply be overfished. This could result in a shortened commercial season this year.