From Sportfishing
Fish Report for 3-9-2020
2020 Salmon Season to Start Soon
3-9-2020
GGSA Staff
Commercial salmon fishermen will start fishing in water from Pigeon Point south on May 1 and north of Pigeon Point in the second week of May. They’ll land salmon until mid-October when their season ends.
The Pacific Fisheries Management Council will finalize other details relating to the opening of the commercial season and sport salmon fishing in California at a meeting scheduled for early April. They’ll chose from the season alternatives listed below.
The forecast for salmon fishing off the California coast is better than at this time last year, due mostly to plentiful rain and runoff during the last several years coupled with improved hatchery release practices. Adequate runoff in the Central Valley always increases salmon numbers since it provides the “conveyor belt” that moves baby fish from the valley out to the ocean in good shape.
Point Arena to Pigeon Point (San Francisco) • April 11-30; • May 1-October 31.
Point Arena to Pigeon Point (San Francisco) • April 11-30; • May 16-June 30; • July 1-October 30.
Horse Mt. to Point Arena (Fort Bragg) • September 1-30 Chinook minimum size limit of 27
Bolinas Fall Fishery
Commercial Monterey Cell Draft Commercial Season Alternatives
Pigeon Point to U.S./Mexico Border (Monterey) • May 1-29; • June 10-30; • July 15-28; • August 1-28 Chinook minimum size limit of 27 inches
Pigeon Point to U.S./Mexico Border (Monterey) • May 1-28; • June 1-30; • July 11-22; • August 1-28
Pigeon Point to U.S./Mexico Border (Monterey) • May 1-28; • June 1-30; • July 12-31; • August 1-28
About GSSA: The Golden State Salmon Association (www.goldenstatesalmon.org) is a coalition of salmon advocates that includes commercial and recreational salmon fishermen and women, businesses, restaurants, a native tribe, environmentalists, elected officials, families and communities that rely on salmon. GSSA’s mission is to restore California salmon for their economic, recreational, commercial, environmental, cultural and health values.
The Golden Gate Salmon Association is a coalition of salmon advocates that includes commercial and recreational salmon fisherman, businesses, restaurants, a native tribe, environmentalists, elected officials, families and communities that rely on salmon.
GGSA’s mission is to restore California salmon for their economic, recreational, commercial, environmental, cultural and health values.
Currently, California’s salmon industry is valued at $1.4 billion in economic activity annually in a regular season and about half that much in economic activity and jobs again in Oregon. The industry employs tens of thousands of people from Santa Barbara to northern Oregon. This is a huge economic bloc made up of commercial fishermen, recreational fishermen (fresh and salt water), fish processors, marinas, coastal communities, equipment manufacturers, the hotel and food industry, tribes, and the salmon fishing industry at large.
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