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[ed. The southeast Alaska troll fishery is not an existential threat to Washington's orca whales, but some little-known conservation group managed to convince at least one judge. Now they want to shut down nearly all chinook fishing in Alaska: A conservation group’s lawsuit already closed an iconic Alaska fishery. Now, it’s pushing for Endangered Species Act protections for king salmon. (ADN):]
"A Washington-based conservation group whose actions have already caused the closure of an iconic Southeast Alaska fishery is now planning to ask the federal government to list several Alaska king salmon stocks under the Endangered Species Act.
The Wild Fish Conservancy, last month, formally notified the state of Alaska of its plans to file the Endangered Species Act petition for multiple populations of king salmon, also known as chinook — in Southeast Alaska, Southwest Alaska and Cook Inlet. [ed. basically, nearly all of Alaska).]
[ed. The southeast Alaska troll fishery is not an existential threat to Washington's orca whales, but some little-known conservation group managed to convince at least one judge. Now they want to shut down nearly all chinook fishing in Alaska: A conservation group’s lawsuit already closed an iconic Alaska fishery. Now, it’s pushing for Endangered Species Act protections for king salmon. (ADN):]
"A Washington-based conservation group whose actions have already caused the closure of an iconic Southeast Alaska fishery is now planning to ask the federal government to list several Alaska king salmon stocks under the Endangered Species Act.
The Wild Fish Conservancy, last month, formally notified the state of Alaska of its plans to file the Endangered Species Act petition for multiple populations of king salmon, also known as chinook — in Southeast Alaska, Southwest Alaska and Cook Inlet. [ed. basically, nearly all of Alaska).]
