Thursday, May 23, 2024

Agency to entertain Chinook listing

The National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that listing of Gulf of Alaska Chinook salmon as threatened or endangered "may be warranted."

This is a preliminary, pro forma finding by the agency; we remain far from any actual listing under the Endangered Species Act.

The NMFS announcement comes in response to a petition from the Wild Fish Conservancy, the same organization that's fighting in court to shut down the Southeast Alaska troll Chinook salmon fishery.
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7 comments:

  1. DeckbossMay 23, 2024 at 3:52 PM

    Doug Vincent-Lang, Alaska's fish and game commissioner, blasts the NMFS action:

    https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=pressreleases.pr&release=2024_05_23

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  2. AnonymousMay 23, 2024 at 6:24 PM

    That's good. It should be blasted.

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  3. AnonymousMay 24, 2024 at 8:57 AM

    End of the Homer king salmon derby

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  4. AnonymousMay 24, 2024 at 11:52 AM

    Bickering is a sign of a dysfunctional system.

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  5. DeckbossMay 24, 2024 at 4:32 PM

    U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, weighs in:

    https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sullivan-condemns-noaa-finding-on-esa-petition-for-gulf-of-alaska-king-salmon

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  6. DeckbossMay 24, 2024 at 4:42 PM

    U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, also has something to say:

    https://peltola.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=239

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  7. DeckbossMay 24, 2024 at 4:50 PM

    Here's a press release just out from the Wild Fish Conservancy:

    https://wildfishconservancy.org/after-chronic-decline-feds-agree-alaskan-chinook-may-require-protection-under-the-endangered-species-act/

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