4. DISCUSSION MOVES FORWARD ON IMPLEMENTING MASS MARKING

The author of a new requirement that all hatchery salmon and steelhead be physically marked before release signaled this week he is willing to be flexible in how federal officials carry it out.

Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., met privately with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Steve Williams and also discussed the issue with him briefly during a congressional hearing on the agency’s proposed FY2004 budget.

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