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Fans of fresh West Coast wild-caught salmon are finding the tasty treat harder to come by this year. The Klamath River’s population of fall chinook salmon, also known as king salmon, has reached such dangerously low levels that the federal government has cut the commercial fishing season along 700 miles of America’s coast (from Northern California to central Oregon) by 90 percent.

Federal mismanagement of the river, a series of fish-killing dams, excessive water diversions, and poor water quality have taken a severe toll on this river system, which once supported one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast. Plummeting salmon populations have also forced severe restrictions on salmon fishing off the coast of Washington State, further compounding the problem. The result is that nearly the entire West Coast is closed to commercial salmon fishing.

These massive fishing closures will likely have dire consequences for commercial fishing families, as well as hundreds of associated businesses throughout the region.

We need your help! Please sign this petition asking Congress to provide emergency aid to salmon fishermen and to take immediate steps to reverse the decline of the Klamath River, along with other salmon rivers throughout the Pacific states. We will send your members of Congress a copy of this petition so they will understand that you care about protecting wild salmon and the fishermen who depend on them. 



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