On Thursday, California Governor Gavin Newsom and Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis announced a request for a Federal Fishery Disaster Declaration to support impacted fishing communities after regional supervisors recommended a full closure of ocean salmon season for the second year in a row. The Pacific Fishery Management Council, which oversees fishing off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, voiced unanimous support on Wednesday for closing California’s commercial and recreational chinook salmon fisheries until the end of the year. These recommendations are similar to those …