Fishing industry gets disaster relief
More than a year after one of the worst salmon fishing seasons in decades, the state this week has begun disbursing $33 million in long-awaited federal disaster relief to the commercial fishing industry.
The money, authorized in a bill by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena), is meant to offset the dismal catch of 2006, which was barely one-tenth of normal.
Last year’s troubles were caused by a 2002 fish die-off on the Klamath River, a once robust spawning ground now sullied by dams and reduced flows because of farm diversions.
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