SACRAMENTO -- The California Senate has approved spending $5.3 million to restore salmon habitat, responding to a population decline that may end salmon fishing off the California and Oregon coasts this year.

Lawmakers on Tuesday sent the bill to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has not taken a position on it.

The money would come from a $5.4 billion water bond approved by voters in 2006 and be used to match about $20 million the federal government has made available for salmon projects.

It would help remove barriers to salmon migration, restore spawning areas and monitor salmon populations.

The federal Pacific Fishery Management Council is to decide this month in Seattle whether to end the salmon season for the year off of Oregon and California.