FILE — Anglers gather with their salmon catch during the fall ocean salmon fishery in California earlier in September 2025. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said anglers harvested an estimated 12,000 Chinook salmon between Point Reyes and Point Sur during the Sept. 4-7 season. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife via Bay City News)

POINT ARENA, CA., 5/4/26 – Fishermen in Arena Cove are abuzz as they prepare their boats for salmon fishing for the first time since 2022. This week marks the end of a three-year closure on commercial salmon fishing.

“We all just love salmon fishing, more than probably any other fishing,” said Peter Boggdahn, who has been a fisherman in Point Arena since 1990. He began fishing for salmon in 2002.

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