In what was a mere formality, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) put the final nail in the coffin of California's 2023 ocean Chinook salmon.
It's looking like this year's winter is refusing to end, but unfortunately, the winter steelhead season will. Enough rain has fallen over the past few.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council released its "Review of 2022 Ocean Salmon Fisheries" report last week and the news wasn't good. Based on an ocean.