It's not as "pink" as it is "salmon."

Heeeeeeere fishy fishy fishy!

That's what Pacific Salmon fishers are crying out these days.

The Chinook Salmon- the fish that serves the bulk of the California fishing industry- has taken a dive ... and no one seems to know why.

Here's a link to an article addressing the information leaked from the Pacific Fishery Management Council.See how they run?

There's one more species on its way out ... I really feel for California, ya'll. It seems they take the brunt of all the climate change consequences. Reduced water supplies, big floating masses of plastic waste off the coast of San Francisco, incredible smog counts- and now this. I have no doubt there's more on the way. Take it from the author of The Great Warming, Brian Fagan- He claims that California is one of the first states to take it on the chin as the world continues to face the threat of wide spread drought. Other states include Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and so on. Could warmer ocean waters be what's keeping the salmon from accomplishing their normal migratory routes? Could over-fishing be the main cause of heart ache? Since commercial fishers are having a hard time making any money off of the dwindling population, they're trying to put an over all ban on sport salmon fishing for the time being- from the Mexican to the Canadian coasts.

I say, go for it. However, there's a few sport fishermen out there that would disagree with me. I'm sure they make a very small dent in the overall population, but to that I say the less we interfere with a species, the better.

That's all I have time for this morning. It's crunch time for OXX and I'm way swamped.

Oh yeah, one more thing ... check out this site: www.climatecounts.org.

This national non-profit campaign is a great resource for finding environmentally progressive companies. Use their rating system to better apply your consumer dollars and change the world in the process. They're also on Myspace- don't hesitate to friend them.

Happy Thirsty Thursday, everyone! If you're having brews, keep them organic. I suggest the following:

Peak Organic
Wolaver's
Green Valley Brewing, from Anheuser-Busch

Cheers!
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