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Bay Area Salmon Advocates Decry Proposed Delta Water Diversions

Bay City News Service Published 12:13 am PST, Friday, February 8, 2019

Officials from a San Francisco-based group dedicated to preserving the region’s salmon habitat say a new federal plan to divert more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and San Francisco Bay would decimate the fish as well as jobs. 

“This is a blatant water grab that threatened thousands of fishing jobs and families in California,” said Dick Pool, secretary of the Golden Gate Salmon Association. 

Added GGSA Director Noah Oppenheim, “The Trump administration won’t be able to get away with killing off our salmon runs if the state refuses to cooperate.” 

These comments come in response to Monday’s release by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation of a “biological assessment” helping guide long-term operation of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project, which operate separate but largely parallel canals in the Interstate Highway 5 corridor. 

The Trump administration aims to make more water available to the agricultural producers in the central part of the state. The biological assessment is part of that overall plan. It isn’t known yet how much more water state farmers could get. 

The GGSA calls the assessment’s assertions “a step towards abandoning federal rules governing the damaging effects of the giant state and federal water diverting pumps in the Delta.” 

“We’ve seen what happens when water users are given free rein to divert Bay-Delta water,” said Mike Aughney, another GGSA director, who also published USAfishing.com. He said that before 2008, so many baby salmon were killed that the commercial salmon fishing season was cancelled the following year. 

If the state opts to free up additional water to help preserve fisheries, that water would likely come from the State Water Project, which serves a mostly urban use base. The federal Central Valley Project largely provides water for ag producers. 

The economic power of the salmon fishing industry, GGSA officials said, is approximately $1.4 billion annually, at current volumes. This includes everything from commercial and recreational fishing, fish processors, equipment manufacturers, the hospitality industry and businesses that support the fishing industry. 

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    Bay City News Service Published 12:13 am PST, Friday, February 8, 2019 Officials from a San Francisco-based group dedicated to preserving the region’s salmon habitat say a new federal plan to divert…

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Yesterday GGSA founder Victor Gonella received the Salmon Conservation Lifetime Acheivement Award. He also received recognition from the CA State Legislature and the US Congress. First photo, Victor (center), GGSA president John McManus (left) and GGSA chairman and West Marine Founder Randy Repass (right) with award plaque. Second photo, Victor and State Legislature Resolution, third photo, Victor and US Congressional Record. … See MoreSee Less

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Yesterday GGSA founder Victor Gonella received the Salmon Conservation Lifetime Acheivement Award.  He also received recognition from the CA State Legislature and the US Congress.  First photo, Victor (center), GGSA president John McManus (left) and GGSA chairman and West Marine Founder Randy Repass (right) with award plaque. Second photo, Victor and State Legislature Resolution, third photo, Victor and US Congressional Record.Image attachmentImage attachment

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Great event for a wonderful and great man! A leader and visionary! Thank you Victor for championing Salmon!

very well deserved honor...and a great fisherman!

Congratulations

Heckuva a guy. Great job recognizing his contribution to a great organization.

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CDFW has issued strong flow requirements for the Sacramento River before water could be diverted to the proposed Sites Reservoir. Important for them to hold the line and not agree to weaker standards. No doubt the big water users are pounding on Gov. Newsom to back away from these. Please don’t. see www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article225944195.html … See MoreSee Less
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Sites Reservoir is Sacramento Valley’s water project. But L.A. is taking a huge role

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Sites Reservoir was heralded as the Sacramento Valley’s answer to California water problems. But the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is taking on a bigger role.

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So how fast could the Sites Reservoir be filled with the current storm flows going down the Sacramento River?

How can I get tickets to March 1 fundraiser at Marin Rod club?

Westlands Water District Is also a small player in Sites reservoir. But the overall effect, if MWD, was able to secure its full allocation of 50K Acre feet, would still leave 1.75M Acre feet available! And as the states own findings, the environmental benefits to the fish(through more cold water releases thru Shasta) would be significantly better than current practices.

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About The GGSA
GGSA’s mission is to restore California’s largest salmon runs in the Central Valley rivers because they provide the bulk of salmon caught off our coast and inland rivers. We serve the sport and commercial anglers that rely on salmon as a long-term, sustainable resource. Salmon recovery is our passion.

GGSA is a coalition that includes commercial and recreational salmon fishermen, related businesses, restaurants, a native tribe, environmentalists, elected officials, families, and communities that rely on salmon GGSA has a board comprised of representatives of this diverse community, which reaches from Oregon to the Central Coast, through the Bay-Delta and up a dozen rivers in the Central Valley.
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  • Stop into the Pavilion building (booth 3716), at #internationalsportsmansexpo and say hi to the GGSA folks that are working everyday to protect and restore our salmon population now, and for our future generations.  #supportggsa
  • Thank you @saltyladysportfishing for the great ‘office’ space today! #saveCAsalmon #salmon #fishing #boardmembers #meetingsonaboat
  • GGSA shows up at SF protest of Sen. Feinstein’s support for diverting even more salmon water to almond growers in the western San Joaquin Valley.
  • The upper Sac is still producing some nice ones.  Helps to fish with Fishing guide Mike Bogue!  These were caught before the last storm.
  • Crab feed, Alice Collective, Oakland benefit for GGSA.  Thanks! #crab #alicecollective #goldengatesalmonassociation
  • Flock of plovers(?) on the beach after the storm.
  • Yum, a bucket of fresh salmon eggs.  Some of these will turn into 20 pound fish on the back deck of the boat a few years from now.
  • Big king salmon beating down the doors to get back into the Mokelumne hatchery where they cane from three years ago.

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