The historical sketch becomes detailed as it examines the greatly increased interest in salmon and steelhead resources of recent decades. Competing statewide demands for water constitute the major problem today for those who would restore fishery resources. Eventually, as near collapse of the fishery led tortuously toward development of protective legislation, California's commitment to statewide water development, principally to benefit agricultural interests, dealt fisheries a further blow. The picture, most simply, is one of initial abundance allowed by essentially unbridled harvesting of stocks and destruction of habitat as European immigrants crowded into California. It introduces many of the topics that are later dealt with in greater detail.Ĭhapter 1 is a sketch of major historical developments affecting the fisheries from the early 1800s through 1989. Part One consists of five chapters that focus on historical events, from earliest times to most recent, that have determined the current status of California's salmonid resources and suggest likely future developments.
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