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Description

Salmon trollers at Bodega Bay. River fishing for salmon in Calfornia wasdiscontinued in 1957, and the catch now comes solely from the ocean. Thehigh price to the fishermen put salmon among the most valuable landings inCalifornia.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 230 of Our Changing Fisheries 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume

Display Date

1969 circa

Location

California, Bodega Bay

Collection

Historic Fisheries