A United Nations report
released this month warned
that global warming threatens
food supplies worldwide.
Reality is just the opposite.
Adding CO2 to the air
increases plant growth.
The planet has significantly
'greened' since 1950.
Other good news not reported:
This year there has been
a strong salmon fishing season,
which typically runs from May
to October.
California fishermen are reporting
one of the best salmon fishing
seasons in years, thanks to heavy
rain and snow that ended the state’s
historic drought.
Chinook salmon, also known as
king salmon, sustain many
Pacific Coast fishing communities
Commercial salmon catches
have surpassed preseason
forecasts by about 50%.
The salmon rebound
comes after three years
of extremely low catches
that resulted from
poor ocean conditions and
California’s five-year drought,
which drained the state’s rivers
and reservoirs.
This year’s adult salmon
benefited from record rainfall
that filled California rivers
and streams in early 2017,
making it easier for juvenile
salmon to migrate to the
Pacific Ocean, where they
grow into full-size fish.
Most of the Chinook salmon
being caught come from the
Sacramento River
and its tributaries,
where they spawn.
Many were raised in state-run
hatcheries and released
into rivers to swim to the ocean.
The bountiful harvest drove down
wild salmon prices to $15 to $20
a pound, compared with $30 to $35
a pound in recent years.
Fishermen are making up
for the price decline
by catching a lot more fish.