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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Water
mismanagement is killing off our salmon fisheries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Marin
Independent Journal-4/18/10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>By
Peter Grenell<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Opinion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Peter
Grenell is the general manager of the San Mateo County Harbor District.</span></i><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For
West Coast harbors, salmon mean business. The obverse is also a true — a
lack of salmon means a lack of business. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For
the past two years, there has been no salmon fishing due to greatly reduced
stocks. Even if there is a token season this year, it will do little or nothing
to revive the fortunes of the commercial fleet and the myriad businesses that
depend indirectly on salmon, such as boat and tackle retailers, fuel purveyors,
charter operators, restaurants and motels. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
absence of salmon also affects our harbor district and other harbor
administrations, which collected significant revenues from salmon-related
businesses when the fishery was flourishing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
collapse of California's salmon fishery is due to human mismanagement, not the
vagaries of nature. By allowing unrestrained and irresponsible pumping from the
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and ignoring the established science on the
biological requirements of anadromous fish, we have brought our wild salmon to
the brink of extinction. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>As
the general manager of the San Mateo County Harbor District, I see the impacts
of a devastated fishery and a hollowed-out fleet every day. The statistics
confirm that economic disruption and real human misery are playing out along
the California coast. In the Bay Area, this is particularly evident at Pillar
Point Harbor, which was established as a harbor of refuge for the commercial
fishing fleet. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Since
the salmon fishery collapsed, Pillar Point's transient dockage fees are down 25
percent and boat launch fees are off by more than 22 percent. Typically, Pillar
Point berth occupancy stands at 100 percent. During a busy salmon season,
occupancy ran as high as 103 percent; we would accommodate the extra boats via
rafting and mooring. In 2008, berth occupancy dropped to 87 percent, and it is
still down substantially.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We
also see far fewer visitors to the harbor. The parking lots were always full
during the salmon season. These days, they are almost empty. We run an
off-the-boat retail sales program at Pillar Point, where commercial fishermen
sell their catch directly to customers. We still get visitors during the
Dungeness crab, rockfish and albacore seasons, but the real draw has always
been the salmon. Today, that market is gone. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>How
have the salmon season closures affected the San Mateo County Harbor District?
It has been a disaster — literally. We had to apply for Federal Disaster
Relief funds to mitigate for the loss of fishing. The district received more
than $83,000 in total in disaster relief for 2008 and 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Other
harbors along the California coast have experienced similar downturns. The Port
of Santa Cruz, for example, typically posted zero vacancies for its 900 berths.
Since 2008, vacancies have hovered at 5 percent. That may not seem like much,
but a berthing loss of even a few points can have devastating financial impacts
on a harbor. In Santa Cruz, berthing revenue losses are now running at $120,000
a year. Gross concession sales are down by $300,000 to $400,000 annually. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>These
numbers demonstrate that the loss of the salmon season affects more than
fishermen. Compounding this tragedy is the fact that it could have been
avoided. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Salmon
are the basis of a sustainable economy. They are good business, the kind of
business California needs. We have pushed salmon and the fishing industry to
the edge — but with some will and guts, we can bring them back. To do
anything less is unacceptable.#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
Leydecker, JcT</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends
of Trinity River</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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