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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <st1:PlaceType
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Siskiyou reels
in salmon aid</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">;
</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Nine other
counties will share state loans totaling $9.2
million<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Redding
Record-Searchlight – 6/9/06<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">By Dylan
Darling, staff writer</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Although
it's 20 miles from the Pacific Ocean at its westernmost point, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Siskiyou</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> will get help from the state to
cope with the economic impact of a restricted salmon fishing season.
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger this week declared a state of emergency in Siskiyou and
nine other counties, opening the door for $9.2 million in loans for
salmon-related businesses and anglers. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The other
counties -- Del Norte, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, <st1:City
w:st="on">Monterey</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City>,
<st1:City w:st="on">San Mateo</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Santa
Cruz</st1:City> and <st1:City w:st="on">Sonoma</st1:City> -- all border the
<st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Ocean</st1:place>. <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Siskiyou</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> was included because the <st1:place
w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> runs through it, said Steve Martarano,
spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">It is not
yet clear how the assistance is to be divided up. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The
Klamath has been at the heart of the current crisis. Low numbers of nativerun
chinook salmon are expected in the river this fall, and since there's no way out
in the ocean to distinguish a Klamath salmon from any other, the federal
government has limited commercial fishing along 700 miles of coastline. The ban
runs from Point Sur near <st1:City w:st="on">Monterey</st1:City> to
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Cape</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Falcon</st1:PlaceName> near <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Astoria</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ore.</st1:State></st1:place>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The low
Klamath numbers are the result of recent fish kills brought on by bacteria and
disease, as well as a lack of good spawning
grounds.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">There will
be a limited season in September off <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Fort</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Bragg</st1:PlaceName>;
in July, August and September in the ocean near <st1:City w:st="on">San
Francisco</st1:City>; and in May, July, August and September in the <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Monterey</st1:place></st1:City> area, according
to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council, the federal agency that sets ocean
fishing seasons. This year's catch should be 40 percent of the usual commercial
harvest. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">In
addition to the federal limits, the state Fish and Game Commission -- which sets
regulations for fishing and hunting -- has called for a ban on recreational
fishing in the Klamath this fall, Martarano said. The proposed ban is undergoing
legal review, but looks likely. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">"There is
not going to be any fall fishing along the Klamath," he said.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">An
exception is the Karuk Tribe, which will maintain its legal right to catch fish
for traditional purposes. But tribal members expect this year's haul to be
especially low. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Fishing
guides based in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Siskiyou</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> will take an economic hit, as will
river resort owners. "The disaster for fish on the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath
River</st1:place> affects all of those people," said Marcia Armstrong, chair of
the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Communities
along the <st1:place w:st="on">Klamath River</st1:place> already have a 19.6
percent unemployment rate -- mostly because of the effects on the logging
industry from federal protection of the Northern spotted owl. Armstrong said
unemployment could increase if there isn't a fall salmon season.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Armstrong
said she was pleased Schwarzenegger lumped Siskiyou in with the coastal counties
that will receive assistance. Ron Reed, cultural biologist for the Karuk Tribe,
said he also appreciates the help. But he added that more needs to be done to
mend the problems -- such as dams blocking salmon from upstream spawning grounds
-- that led to the low numbers of Klamath salmon in the first place.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">"I don't
need a loan, I need a fish to eat," he said. #<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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