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The spots on a butterfly wing are not random but help identify this as a California tortoiseshell. USFWS Photo by Dave Menke

The spots on a butterfly wing are not random but help identify this as a California tortoiseshell. USFWS Photo by Dave Menke

Lawsuit Challenges FDA’s Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon
by Michael Coats, MARCH 31, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—A broad coalition of environmental, consumer, and commercial and recreational fishing organizations today sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approving the first-ever genetically engineered (GE) food animal, an Atlantic salmon engineered to grow quickly. The man-made salmon was created by AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. with DNA from three fish: Atlantic salmon, Pacific king salmon, and Arctic...
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Downers
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, MARCH 31, 2016
Smith River

The Smith is holding right around nine feet on the Jed smith gauge and the fishing has remained pretty good this past week reports guide Mike Coopman. He said, “The river has been holding its color pretty well, likely from the snowmelt. There isn’t much fishing pressure left, but there’s plenty of fish around to make a good day. Almost...
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Blown Out
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, MARCH 31, 2016
Eel River

The main stem remains blown out, currently running at just under 10,000 cfs as of Wednesday. According to Paul Grundman of Rio Dell's Grundmans Sporting Goods, it will be another week to 10 days before it’s fishable.

Most steelhead rivers to close March 31
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, MARCH 31, 2016

It’s been quite a few years since we’ve headed into a salmon season with this much uncertainty. With the number of salmon swimming off North Coast waters on a pretty sharp decline, all bets are off as to how bad or good the fishing will be. Hopefully we’ll be talking about the latter on Saturday morning as the recreational salmon...
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Hunter update email from CDFW?
California Outdoors Q&A
Carrie Wilson, MARCH 31, 2016

Question: My friend recently received an interesting “hunter update” email directly from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) encouraging her to buy a license and go turkey hunting. Although I already have my hunting and fishing licenses, I am interested in receiving updates from CDFW. How do I get on this mailing list? (Monica B.) Answer: The email...
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How many turkeys per year?
California Outdoors Q&A
Carrie Wilson, MARCH 31, 2016

Question: Can you legally harvest five birds a year by taking three bearded birds during the spring season and two birds during the fall season, or does the three bird limit apply to a full calendar year? (Pete R.) Answer: You can legally harvest five turkeys in a year but can never possess more than three at one time. So long...
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