WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) Friday released the following statement regarding the National Marine Fisheries Services’ (NMFS) determination that a listing of king salmon in the Gulf of Alaska as “threatened or endangered” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) “may be warranted” in response to a petition filed by the Seattle-based Wild Fish Conservancy. “My […]
Statement follows NOAA Fisheries issuance of positive 90-day finding on a petition to list Chinook Salmon as threatened or endangered WASHINGTON – This last week, following the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announcement of a study into the merits of listing Gulf of Alaska King Salmon as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species […]
In response to a petition to list Gulf of Alaska Chinook salmon as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, NOAA Fisheries has found that listing may be warranted. We filed a positive 90-day finding in the Federal Register, which is a threshold determination based mainly on the contents of the petition itself. It triggers a […]
Petition did not meet criteria necessary for emergency action NOAA Fisheries denied a request for emergency action to institute a cap of zero on Chinook salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery. The request was submitted on January 17, 2024. It effectively asked Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to close the Bering Sea pollock […]