Zeke Grader
Zeke Grader
century critical knowledge major portion salmon time totally
For most fishermen, salmon is critical for a major portion of their income. This is a killer. This is a fishery that's a century old and this is the first time to my knowledge that it would be totally closed.
catch consumers entire fishing fresh goal local model provide salmon season spread throughout whatever
At this point, our goal is to model whatever season we get so the catch is spread out over the entire fishing period. We don't want to catch everything at once -- we want to be able to provide at least some fresh local salmon to consumers throughout the entire season.
anchor depend salmon year
Year in, year out, salmon is the one that they depend upon. It's their anchor fishery.
almost clean commercial create depend estuary fish pacific plenty productive seen ship south troubling uses water
We've seen some troubling signs. Like almost every fish and shellfish that uses the bay, Pacific herring depend on a clean estuary with plenty of freshwater inflow to create productive brackish conditions. But as we ship more and more water south from the delta, we're endangering the herring and most other commercial species.
god saved thank
Thank God we saved the season, but we didn't get much of one.
god kept season thank
Thank God we kept the season open, but we didn't keep much of it open.
boats tie
Some are just going to tie up their boats and try to find something else.
california oregon shut talking
This is why it's so important to us to try to get the Klamath restored. We're talking about most of Oregon and California being shut down by this.
meet sit time wet winter
The wet winter does give us time to sit down with them and see how we can meet those requirements.
closest horrible total
This is going to be a horrible year. It's not a total closure, but it's the closest thing to it.
advice backs failure family fish fishermen follow onto scientific taking
The failure to follow scientific advice and the fish kills of 2002 is now being put onto the backs of family fishermen by taking away their livelihood.
absolutely almost competent created federal fishermen government situation
The federal government has done absolutely nothing to help, and fishermen are angry. It's almost like they created this Klamath situation to make them look competent on Katrina.