by JD on January 10, 2009
You all know I’m really into river restoration, so I thought you might enjoy seeing these shots of a newly-constructed fish ladder on the Saybach River in Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany. The Saybach is tributary to the Rhine River and before the rock weirs were put in place, there was a 7-foot waterfall that blocked the upstream migration of salmon and brown trout. Sweet restoration work and some pretty dam cool looking countryside too, eh?
Our friend and European correspondent Franklin Moquette, who’s a biologist in the Netherlands sent in these photos…
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Emergency action has been taken by the federal Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to close the ocean sport fishery between Horse Mountain and Point Arena on April 1, 2008.
In addition, emergency action was taken to close the April 5 sportfishing openers in San Francisco and Monterey port areas (south of Point Arena to the U.S.-Mexico Border).
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It’s not looking good for California and southern Oregon salmon anglers this year as fishery managers are likely to make king salmon off-limits in 2008.
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State and Federal fisheries managers imposed an emergency closure today on seven salmon fishing zones in California and Oregon to protect Sacramento River chinook salmon, now in a state of unprecedented collapse. [click to continue…]
With many West Coast salmon and steelhead stocks in a total state of collapse at the moment, it’s time to step up to the plate and lend a hand.
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