Management of the species includes gear regulations, seasonal fishing, bycatch limitations, minimum size limits, and bycatch reduction gear.

It also offers redwood campsites, hiking, seasonal fishing in the Gualala River, and day use parking.

With increased settlement, the seasonal herring fishing industry became a vital part of the area economy.

By the end of the 17th century, the practice of seasonal fishing and hunting settlements in the north of the peninsula became very common.

These fishermen are experts of seasonal fishing and often travel hundreds of miles in search of fish stocks.

At the time of English exploration, the Algonquian-speaking Roanoke tribe used the site for seasonal fishing.

Earlier cultures likely used it as well for seasonal fishing and hunting.

However, the eighteenth century timbered salmon station still operates, and some seasonal commercial fishing continues.

A seasonal fishing lodge is open to tourists each summer.

Drought years such as the 1970s, when rains fail, are particularly harsh on this delicately balanced ecosystem, where the local population depends on seasonal fishing.