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<h1><b><font size=6 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Panel
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<h5><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>By
KEVIN HOWE<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h5>
<h6><b><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Herald
Staff Writer<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h6>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><!-- begin body-content -->Changes
in the state's salmon fishing regulations will be discussed by the state Fish
and Game Commission when it meets in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Monterey</st1:place></st1:City>
today and Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
commission has scheduled hearings in the City Council Chambers of Monterey City
Hall, Madison and Pacific streets, beginning at 10 a.m. today and 8:30 a.m.
Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Friday's
session will concentrate on salmon fishing issues, including regulation of the
Klamath and <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity river</st1:place> fisheries, ocean
salmon fishing, and possible adoption of an emergency action curtailing the
sport salmon fishing season.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
commission is considering three possibilities, including catch limits,
shortening the salmon season, or shutting it down for sport and commercial
fishers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"The
indications we're getting is that the Klamath (river salmon) stocks will be
entirely closed or drastically cut back this season," said Therese Wells,
spokeswoman for Save Our Wild Salmon, an organization of sport and commercial
fishermen and conservation groups.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"Total
closure of fishing would drive any fisherman here up to <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Alaska</st1:place></st1:State>," she said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sport
salmon season on the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Central</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Coast</st1:PlaceType> opened Saturday, with fishing restricted to
within <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Monterey</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and between Point Arena and Point
Sur to within the 3-mile limit.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A ban on
fishing from federal waters -- from 3 miles to 200 miles off the West Coast --
was imposed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council, which declared the area
an "essential fish habitat."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Federal
authorities say salmon are overfished along the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pacific</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Coast</st1:PlaceType>, while fishers contend that
federal officials have mismanaged water flows on the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath
River</st1:place> and other major salmon runs, causing a shortfall in fish
replenishment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sport
salmon fishing is allowed only within the 3-mile limit, according to Fish and
Game, with a limit of two king salmon a day. No coho salmon may be caught and
kept.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
Pacific Fishery Management Council is meeting this week at the DoubleTree Hotel
Sacramento, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">2001 Point West Way</st1:Street>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City></st1:address>, to make its final
recommendations to the Fish and Game Commission on the sport salmon season.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Today's
Fish and Game session will open with a public forum allowing anyone to speak on
items not on the agenda, and continue with reports on wild turkeys in the
state, recommendations by the department on wetland regulation and retention,
the state's recreational fisheries and other matters.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
commission will then go into closed-door session to discuss litigation items.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>montereyherald.com.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you go
<span class=bullet>• </span>What: Fish and Game Commission hearings
on salmon fishing <span class=bullet>• </span>When: 10 a.m. today,
8:30 a.m. Friday <span class=bullet>• </span>Where: <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Monterey</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">City Hall</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> council chambers, Madison and
Pacific streets. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">MONTEREY</st1:place></st1:City>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Kevin Howe can be reached at
646-4416 or khowe@</span></font></i></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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