Fishery regulators proposed a third consecutive year of banning commercial salmon fishing off California to help the declining Chinook salmon population recover. While this decision will incur significant financial losses for fishermen, some support the ban for conservation. The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to recommend an all-out ban on commercial fishing, with limited recreational fishing allowed during summer and fall. Fishermen who relied on salmon have turned to other means of income, suffering substantial financial hardship as a result.
We need to do everything we can to save the species," said Kevin Butler, a commercial fisherman in Santa Cruz.
Every fisherman has sacrificed everything for two years," Butler said. "If the majority of your income disappeared, what would you do? Go find a new career?
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