The Pacific Fisheries Managment Council has sent it's recommedation on west coast Chinook salmon fishing to NOAA fisheries and the north oregon and washington coasts have been spared the decision to shutdown the fishery again this year in California and most of Oregon.
Fishing will be allowed here and that means good news for local charters, hotels and restaurants that depend on that annual chase for silvers and Chinook. It remains to be seen whether NOAA and it's new leadership will agree with the PFMC on the decision. We should know early next month.
The issue for us is how accurately this is reported in the media. Associated Press is doing a better job with this but a story on the wire this morning says fishing is shut down in California and most of Oregon. It's only until you read to the end that fishing is allowed on the North Oregon and Washington coast.
If you hear a report on the PFMC decision that doesn't include the news that fishing is open here be proactive and call that news outlet to let them know at this point the biggest salmon fishery
on the coast is still on and healthy because that action supports our local economy at a time when we all need to take full advantage of every opportunity.
Gee, and I though the point of having news media in the first place was that they would report the facts. I actually thought the media advertising, that the media reported the news accurately, was accurate. Surprise!
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ReplyDeleteDo you really think there is a snowball's chance that it will still be here after the subsidy runs out?
So far; $17,000 in revenue, $130,000 in subsidies...