Newport News-Times: Slashed commercial salmon season a disaster; Hooley, DeFazio promise fight for financial aid: Slashed commercial salmon season a disaster; Hooley, DeFazio promise fight for financial aid...................

By Joel Gallob Of the News-Times
Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Congresswoman Darlene Hooley (D-OR) told about 100 members of the fishing industry they are proposing legislation that would provide immediate financial assistance to fishers and fishing communities hurt by the severely reduced West Coast salmon fishery this year, as well as funds for research to understand what has gone wrong in the Klamath River - the source of this year's salmon crisis.
(Photo by Joel Gallob)