Federal agency declares West Coast salmon fishery a disaster

By JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Environment

(AP) -- Federal authorities have declared the West Coast ocean salmon fishery a failure, opening the way for Congress to appropriate economic disaster assistance for coastal communities in California, Oregon and Washington.

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Posted by PaddyL 05/02/08 13:49

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What is unsaid is revealing. The collapse is is limited to Chinook salmon from the Sacramenta; River basin. Only wild fish are tallied even though hatchery fish are genetically identical. The cause of the collapse is not identified. Is it loss of habitat in the Sacramento River or ocean conditions resulting natural climate factors?

$290,000,000 of federal disaster relief of is requested even though direct loss is $82,000,000. This is a reverse-pork raid on the federal treasury by the west coast states.

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Posted by Glis 05/02/08 17:13

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$290 million.............................. at least its for food producers and not some other handout.