California Approves Tightly Restricted Recreational Salmon Fishing to Protect Klamath River Chinook

Sacramento, CA — The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) has approved a severely limited recreational ocean salmon fishing season for California in 2025, structured to ensure “negligible impacts” on the critically depleted Klamath River fall Chinook salmon, as outlined in the PFMC’s Preseason Report IIfor 2025 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations. This decision, announced on April 15, 2025, coincides with a third consecutive year of closure Strategically closed commercial salmon fishing ban, reflecting the urgent…