Dave "Deep Water" Smith makes his living from the sea, braving the Pacific in his fishing boat to supply the area with fresh salmon and other seafood caught up in his nets.
But the prospect of a first-ever ban on salmon fishing this year has Smith considering something almost unthinkable: a day job on dry land.
Smith says if salmon fishing is banned this year, a job on land may be required in order to keep his boat, or he may have to borrow money in order to keep fishing.
He says other fishing businesses will be hard hit if the season is cancelled, and he blames government mismanagement for the impending crisis.
The ban would include most all of the Oregon coastline and extend nearly 700 miles, from Cape Falcon near Astoria to as far south as Point Sur near San Francisco.
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