Smitty," now spends time on the seas with aspiring whale watchers, or scattering the ashes of the deceased — whatever it takes to stay afloat since salmon fishing was barred in California two years ...

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. With salmon fishing barred off the California coast for two years, ...

Jamie O’Neill, owner of Seattle-based Dock Street Brokers, said many of California’s commercial salmon fishermen are getting out of the business, selling their permits or simply letting them expire.

Read our Sonoma Magazine story about the 2024 wreck and removal of the 58-foot Aleutian Storm fishing boat here. In the nine years since the Verna A II ran ashore south of Salmon Creek on the ...