This page contains links to key documents and information about the 2008 U.S. West Coast Salmon Disaster, for downloading and use by our fishermen members and the general public.

PCFFA's Ten-Point Plan for What Fishermen Can Do

Key Documents and Resources

• Congressional Letter to President Chastizing Efforts to Strip $70 from Disaster Fund (10 June 2008)

• FINAL NMFS FISHERY REGULATIONS 1 MAY 08 CLOSING THE FISHERY

• Secretary Gutierrez's Salmon Disaster Declaration Press Release (1 May 08)

• Letter to CA Governor Schwarzenegger from Sec. Gutierrez Re: Declaration (30 April 08)

• Letter to OR Governor Kulongoski from Sec. Gutierrez Re: Declaration (30 April 08)

• Letter to WA Governor Gregoire from Sec. Gutierrez Re: Declaration (30 April 08)

• Three Governors' Letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Salmon Disaster Assistance (21 April 2008)

• Gov. Gregoire's Press Release on Salmon Disaster (11 April 2008)

• Pacific Fishery Management Council Press Release of 10 April 2008

• Gov. Schwarzenegger's Proclamation and Disaster Declaration (10 April 2008)

• Gov. Schwarzenegger's Disaster Request Letter to President Bush (10 April 2008)

• Gov. Kulongoski's Press Release on Declaration of Disaster (10 April 2008)

• Gov. Kulongoski's Executive Order No. 08-10 (Salmon Disaster) (10 April 2008)

• Three Governors' Letter to Sec. Gutierrez Asking for Disaster Declaration (14 March 08)

• Letter from Members of Congress to Sec. Gutierrez Asking for Disaster Declaration (5 March 08)

• The Rise and Fall of Chinook Populations in the California Central Valley (Chart)

• Central Valley California History of Increasing Water Diversions (Downloadable Excel file)

Link to 15 May 08 Congressional Oversight Hearing on the
Collapse of the West Coast Salmon Fishery

The Farm Bill Provision for $170 Million in Disaster Assistance

WHAT THE MEDIA ARE SAYING

Eugene Register-Guard (04-03-08) "Fishermen Urge Probe Into Decline of Salmon."

NYTimes Editorial (04-15-08) "The Trouble with Salmon."

Eugene Register-Guard Editorial (04-21-08) "A Season Without Salmon."

SF Chronicle Editorial (04-22-08) "Earth Day -- Even for Fish at Sea."

CS Monitor (04-23-08) "Fishermen Hit Hard by Closure of West Coast Salmon Fishing"

Oregonian (05-01-08) "Senator Smith Seeks $290 Million in Salmon Disaster Aid."

Eugene Register-Guard (05-02-08) "Fishermen to Receive Disaster Assistance."

Oregonian (05-02-08) "Salmon's Gone, So Is The Season."

Last updated 7/5/08. Check back frequently for updates and additions.