Salmon Summit Overview
570 views · Published 4 June 2010 · 6:58 · Indexed 29 October 2026
Channel: btokars · 2010 · Nonprofits & Activism
The date of April 1, 2010 was very special. That was the date of the first ever Salmon Summit. This video documents the reason that the Salmon Summit was held. It explains why salmon have been hurting. It is a call to action. They came from California and Oregon. Commercial salmon fishermen, sport and recreational anglers, and business owners who have been hurt by more than two-years of no salmon fishing. More than 500 men, women, and children showed up at the first Salmon Summit. They came to tell representatives from Congress and Sacramento that it is time to make what is wrong, right again. The message was clear: Junior water rights holders on the West side of the Central Valley must be stopped from taking river and Delta water needed by salmon. King salmon are on the edge of extinction because of bad water management and the political pressures of a few wealthy agribusiness owners and their powerful friends in Congress and Sacramento. The Salmon Summit's overflow crowd came to say it is way past time for salmon to get the water they need to spawn and insure that they have healthy rivers and a healthy Delta so they can reproduce and get out to sea to live their lives. This is the first of several videos documenting this important event. Salmon Water Now!
