SACRAMENTO (AP) -- The California Assembly has approved $5.3 million to restore salmon habitat as federal fisheries managers consider a shutdown of salmon fishing off the California and Oregon
coasts.

Lawmakers voted 59-11 on Monday for a bill by Senator Patricia Wiggins, a Democrat from Santa Rosa, that would allocate part of a $5.4 billion bond measure.

The money would help rebuild dwindling salmon populations by removing stream barriers and restoring spawning areas, among other actions.

The bond measure, Proposition 84, passed in 2006. It provides money for clean water, parks, flood control and conservation programs, including improving salmon and steelhead populations.