California Senator Mike McGuire Urges Congress to Approve Salmon Disaster Declaration
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Times Standard] by Ruth Schneider
North Coast state Sen. Mike McGuire has introduced a Senate resolution that addresses the ongoing salmon fisheries crisis and urges the federal government to act.
McGuire notes it’s an “unprecedented collapse” in a recent news release as the salmon population is at an all-time low. Local tribes are receiving the lowest allocations of salmon in decades and salmon fishing has been closed in some areas.
McGuire’s proposal, SJR 7, urges Congress to approve a formal disaster declaration and ...
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