Once a summertime Bay Area staple, local king salmon has become a luxury product. With the impacts of the drought and this year’s severely restricted season, it’s now hard to find the fish for less than $30 a plate in restaurants and $30 a pound in the fish case.
There’s no doubt that the salmon situation has been stark for a while, but this commercial season — which started Aug. 1 rather than the usual May — is the worst Tom Worthington has seen in his 35 years in the business.
“There haven’t been big schools of fish. Then there’s a little school of fish and everyone goes after it,” said Worthington, co-owner of Monterey Fish Market in San Francisco and Berkeley. “It’s panning out to be a really tough year. And our sympathies are really with the fishermen.”
To read the rest of the story, please go to: San Francisco Chronicle