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2 RIVERS CLOSED TO ANGLERS – 02/05/14 11:20 S.S.

2  DROUGHT-STARVED  RIVERS  IN  CALIFORNIA  HAVE  NOW  BEEN  CLOSED  TO  ANGLERS,   DUE  TO  CONCERNS  ABOUT  STEELHEAD  TROUT  AND  SALMON.     THE  STATE  FISH  AND  GAME  COMMISSION  VOTED  UNANIMOUSLY THIS  MORNING  TO  CLOSE  DOWN  RECREATIONAL  ANGLING  ON  THE  AMERICAN  AND  RUSSIAN  RIVERS  THROUGH  THE  END  OF APRIL.    EARLIER  THIS  MONTH  THE  CALIFORNIA  DEPARTMENT  OF  FISH  AND  GAME  CLOSED  MANY  WATERWAYS  ON  THE  CENTRAL  AND  NORTHERN  COASTS.    THESE  DECISIONS  WERE  MADE BECAUSE  THE DWINDLING  RESERVOIR  STORAGE,  AND  THE  LOW  FLOW  IN  MANY  STREAMS  AND  RIVERS,  IS  PRESENTING NUMEROUS  DANGERS  TO  THE  HABITAT FOR  BOTH  SPECIES.

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