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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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
That's good. It should be blasted.
End of the Homer king salmon derby
Bickering is a sign of a dysfunctional system.
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
U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, also has something to say:
https://peltola.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=239
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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