Charter fishing crews in California harbors are preparing for recreational salmon fishing to reopen after a two-year shutdown ...

The Morro Bay Harbor Patrol is gearing up for a busy weekend as recreational salmon fishing is opening for the first time in ...

Anglers are advised to check the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Ocean Salmon Fishery Information page for ...

Fishery regulators have voted to ban commercial fishing for Chinook salmon along the California coast for an unprecedented third consecutive year because of low population numbers. A fishery ...

Languages: English. In 2023 and 2024, California officials installed a statewide ban on salmon fishing amid concerningly low population numbers of the Sacramento Valley's fall-run Chinook salmon.

Adult fall-run Chinook salmon congregate near the Nimbus Hatchery Fish Ladder on the American River in Sacramento County in this October 2012 file photo. (Photo by Carl Costas/California ...

It's been three years since the last recreational salmon fishing season. Fishermen will have at least two chances to fish California's coastlines in the summer and fall. Californians will ...

Commercial Salmon Fishing in California Will Be Closed for a Third Year in a Row SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The 2025 commercial salmon fishing season in California will be closed for an ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The 2025 commercial salmon fishing season in California will be closed for an unprecedented third year running, and sportfishing will be restricted to only a few days due ...