by CalMattersMarch 15, 2023
Republished under a Creative Commons license.
By Alastair Bland
In summary
The salmon industry, worth about half a billion dollars, is devastated. The culprits: Drought and decades of water diversions and development.
Most summer mornings at first light, Jared Davis is a few miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge, motoring his charter fishing boat Salty Lady over the Pacific Ocean. His eyes sweep the horizon, looking for diving birds,…




