Save Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Salmon: Smelt Are a Red Herring (Opinion)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The San Francisco Chronicle] By John McManus - Janauary 22, 2015 -
(John McManus is the executive director of the Golden Gate Salmon Association.)
When you hear about water users south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta complaining about delta smelt forcing restrictions on water pumping, take it with a grain of salt.
This is really a fight over salmon and the tens of thousands of jobs the salmon fishery supports. Easier to blame delta smelt, a dinky fish few know anything about.
The fight over the smelt is a red herring. We don't need to choose between smelt and people — or salmon and...
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