NMFS Closes West Coast Salmon Fishery Due to Chinook Salmon Quota Reach

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) closed the commercial salmon fishery from the Oregon-California border to Humboldt South Jetty, CA, on September 14, 1996, at 2400 hours local time, due to the depletion of the 6,000 chinook salmon quota, in order to conserve this species.