California’s commercial fish industry, already struggling with the devastating loss of the crab season, is likely to see its run of bad luck continue as new and far-reaching restrictions take aim at the state’s salmon opener in May.

Federal fishery regulators unveiled plans this week to limit this year’s chinook salmon catch in an effort to protect the state’s signature seafood amid the growing threats of a warming ocean and drought-parched rivers and creeks.

Three proposals offered this week by the Pacific Fishery Management Council, the agency that regulates West Coast fishing, call for reining in the places and times that commercial fishers can pursue salmon — cutting opportunities by up to one-half, according to some estimates.

“It’s almost like a one-two-three punch,” said John McManus, executive director of the Golden Gate Salmon Association. “Fishermen had a poor 2015 season, they’ve been shut down for crab, and now they’re looking at a poor 2016 season.”

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