<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492116107462_31488" style="display: block;"><div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492116107462_31487"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492116107462_31486"><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492116107462_31485"><div id="yiv2415839712"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492116107462_31484"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492116107462_31483"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492116107462_31503"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492116107462_31502"><span style="font-size:11pt;">PRESS ADVISORY</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492116107462_31501"><span style="font-size:11pt;">April 12, 2018 </span></div><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contact: Regina Chichizola, Save the Klamath Trinity Salmon 541 951-0126</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Dave Bitts, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations 707 498-3512 </span></div><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Fishing Communities Plan Fundraiser, Educational Event as Response to Salmon Crisis </span></div><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">When: May 27th</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"> at </span><span style="font-size:11pt;">6pm</span><span style="font-size:11pt;">. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">What: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;">Benefit Concert, Seafood Dinner and Education Event </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Where: Save Our Salmon</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"> will be hosted at the Inn at 2nd and C in the historic </span><span style="font-size:11pt;">Eagle House </span><span style="font-size:11pt;">in Eureka. </span></div><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Commercial and Tribal Fishermen will be hosting a fundraiser and education event on May 27th to draw attention to this year’s salmon fisheries disaster and local salmon issues. The bands Digging Dirt and Irie Rockers will play music, speakers will talk about local community action to protect salmon, and a seafood dinner will be served. All proceeds from the event and related auction will go directly to fund fishermen and Tribal lead community action to restore and defend salmon populations in Northern California.</span></div><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Salmon populations, and the fishermen and tribal members who depend on them, are facing the </span><span style="font-size:11pt;">worst salmon returns on the Klamath in recorded history, which has lead to the closure of the commercial season locally and a Tribal allotment of about one fish per 10 Tribal members.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;"> This situation was caused by a combination of climate change, drought, water diversions, and dams. </span></div><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">While there are causes for hope, such as the proposed Klamath Dam removal project, political threats to the salmon way of life are mounting. California’s Twin Tunnels plan, petroleum pipelines, and federal anti-environmental policies continue to threaten North Coast salmon and communities. </span></div><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Speakers and representatives from the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, the Institute for Fisheries Resources, Save the Klamath-Trinity Salmon, Ancestral Guard, True North, the Native Women's Collective, and local Tribes will be on hand to talk about community action for the Trinity, Klamath, Sacramento, Eel, and Elk Rivers along with how to support water justice, fishing communities, and local wild seafood. More information can be found on the Save Our Salmon event page on facebook. </span></div><br clear="none"><br></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>