Pillar Point fishermen face shorter season and higher costs

The commercial salmon season opens Sunday at midnight, and fishermen are facing a season a little over half as long as last year’s. Meanwhile fishermen are facing much higher gas prices and longer distances from Pillar Point Harbor to open fishing areas. The short season has been blamed by the California Department of Fish and Game on the Bush administrations decision to give water normally reserved for rivers to Klamath Reclamation Project farmers, according to the Oakland Tribune.