In another step destined to be seen as the era of desperate measures, the California Fish and Game Commission closed commercial herring fishing off the California Coast for the first time in history. The closure is expected to begin on July 7th. Both environmental groups and commercial fishermen applauded the closure.
“It’s clear that the population is in extremely grave condition,” said Santi Roberts, California project manager for the environmental group Oceana.
Besides being one of the last harvestable fisheries in the once prolific San Francisco Bay, Herring are a key food source to a wide variety of native Bay/Delta species, including birds, mammals and larger fish such as salmon.
The herring closure is another representation of the current depressed health of the San Francisco Bay/Delta region.
See full article from Saturday’s Sacramento Bee.
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State regulations closed all the herring fishing inSan Fransico for the first time. This is because the population has been going down. California has been in its third drought of this year already. Since there isnt much fresh water they may think this may cause an efffect many things such as whildlife. in november there was a haul that leaked 53,000 gallons of oil in the bay. Since this occured it has effected the bay enormously. The japanes had been buying thee fish from us but now they are unable to so now Russia is supplying Japanesse. Alot of biologist are worried about the animals because of their food sources. biologist say if the food source declines it and getting worse and worse. this has not only effected the people, but also the animals and hope we can fix this problem.facebook food layouts