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Jul 2023
10m 34s

A Closer Look At Why Salmon Season Is Cl...

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This year, there's no fresh, locally caught salmon. The season was closed. So few adult fish are now in the ocean off the California coast, fisheries managers decided they all were needed to return to their natal streams and spawn.

Guest: Danielle Venton, KQED Science Reporter


Much of California continues to buckle under a sweltering heat wave with no end in sight. But the state’s epic snowpack isn’t going anywhere just yet.

Reporter: Joshua Yeager, KVPR

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