SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Friday morning that will provide $5.3 million in urgent funding to the state Department of Fish and Game for coastal salmon and steelhead fisheries restoration projects.

The bill sponsored by state Sen. Patricia Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa, takes effect immediately.

The $5.3 million is part of $45 million included for salmon and steelhead restoration projects. That $45 million is part of a $180 million water quality and supply and coastal protection bond act approved by voters in 2006.

The signing Friday comes a day after the federal Pacific Fishery Management Council recommended a season-long ban on Chinook salmon fishing for California and most of Oregon. The Commerce Department will act on that recommendation May 1.

Don Hansen, chairman of the council, called the recommendation "a disaster for West Coast salmon fisheries under any standard."

When the bill passed the Senate on April 1, Wiggins said it would leverage $20 million in federal funding for salmon this spring.

Wiggins said the state's $100 salmon industry goes beyond fishermen to include tackle shops, processors, ice suppliers, restaurants and tourism.