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DESCRIPTION:Announcement From Congressman Mike Thompson's Office:   On Monday, April 
 24th, Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-01) will be holding a salmon rally at 
 10:00 a.m. on Pier 47. The purpose of the rally is to bring attention to 
 the salmon season off the coasts of California and Oregon, and to also 
 roll-out a disaster assistance bill that is aimed to help the communities 
 in need. Another aspect of the bill will have a conservation component to 
 help restore and monitor the salmon of the Klamath River.   As you know, 
 the reason for the dramatically shortened salmon season is because the 
 Klamath River will not meet the 35,000 natural spawner floor for fall-run 
 chinook for the third consecutive year. The reported result will likely be 
 a near closure of Oregon and California's commercial ocean, in-river 
 Klamath and tribal fisheries for 2006.   The impacts on the California 
 coastal economy from last year's season, which was cut by 60-percent due to 
 poor Klamath River returns, combined to a near closure of this year's 
 season, would be catastrophic and could very likely have permanent affects 
 on the salmon fishing industry and related businesses in both states.   As 
 you also know, the declining salmon populations in the Klamath River basin 
 are not due to over fishing by tribes, the commercial salmon fishing 
 industry or recreational anglers. They are due to federal mismanagement of 
 the Klamath River system which hurt both farmers and fishermen. This 
 mismanagement led to the fish kill in 2002 when up to 78,000 adult salmon 
 died on the Klamath River. It also led to the outbreak of Ceratomyxa Shasta 
 (C. Shasta) which has reportedly infected 80-percent of juvenile salmonids. 
 Mortality from C. Shasta is 100-percent.   The congressman, tribes and 
 commercial and recreational fishermen will speak about the need for good, 
 long-term management of the Klamath River and it's resources. If your 
 members are interested in attending, we would welcome all of their support 
 at Monday's rally.   \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/04/20/96133.php
SUMMARY:Rally for the Klamath Salmon and fishermen
LOCATION:vent: Salmon rally to help salmon fishermen, communities and to restore the 
 Klamath River   Time: Monday, April 24th at 10:00 a.m.   Place: Pier 47 - 
 San Francisco   A salmon rally to help salmon fishermen and fishing 
 communities and to restore the Klamath River will take place Monday, April 
 24th at 10:00 a.m. at Pier 47 in San Francisco.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/04/20/96133.php
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