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By Peter Grenell

Special to the Mercury News
Posted: 04/18/2010 08:00:00 PM PDT

For West Coast harbors, salmon mean business. The obverse is also a true — a lack of salmon means a lack of business.

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Saturday, April 17, 2010

It's a season in name only. On a handful of days this summer, commercial and casual anglers can chase salmon off the coast. But after two long years with no open-water season, this brief window is a welcome sign.

latimes.com/news/local/la-me-salmon16-2010apr16,0,2497193.story

Fishery council votes for an abbreviated season for the Sacramento Delta chinook.

By Jill Leovy

April 16, 2010
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www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/

Court of Appeal upholds water ruling against farmers

SACRAMENTO

April 14, 2010 5:49am

• Could impact how irrigation water is used

• Dissolved oxygen study may move forward

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/06/18643934.php

by Dan Bacher
Tuesday Apr 6th, 2010 6:43 PM

westernfarmpress.com/environment/water-supply-pumps-shut-down-0405/

Western Farm Press

Apr 5, 2010 11:20 AM

With the Sierra snowpack’s water content above average, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has increased its State Water Project (SWP) allocation to 20 percent for this season.

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Zeke Grader, Blogging in the San Francisco Chronicle

April 2, 2010

The Salmon Summit that was held on April 1st was a bittersweet event for me.

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/04/02/02greenwire-salmon-fishermen-swim-against-political-tide-i-12098.html

The New York Times

April 2, 2010

By COLIN SULLIVAN of Greenwire

westernfarmpress.com/environment/california-water-plan-0402/

Apr 2, 2010 11:10 AM

California state water experts have published the California Water Plan Update 2009. The five-volume report is the newest, most comprehensive reference document on California water conditions, challenges and water resource management.

Feds, state will move less water to users, including Westlands.

Posted at 06:05 PM on Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2010

By John Ellis / The Fresno Bee

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta pumps will be ratcheted back today after a federal judge in Fresno rejected a request to keep them operating temporarily at current levels.