Over in San Pablo Bay (California) the state’s Department of Fish and Game recently released over 16 MILLION young salmon into San Pablo Bay. They hope this will help the struggling salmon population recover from recent declines.

The fall run of chinook, or king, salmon in the Sacramento River provides much of the fish found off the California and Oregon coasts. But since 2007, this population has dipped to levels so low that fishing has been canceled or curtailed greatly.

Fishermen blame the decline on the delta’s vast series of pumps which divert water to farms that the salmon need to survive. Others blame changing ocean conditions.

I for one, am glad, that California has taken the initiative to aid the salmon population.