The conclusion of a recent biological opinion on the Pacific Salmon
Treaty — and the deferring of fisheries management to the state of Alaska
— says that such actions will not likely jeopardize 16 stocks of listed
salmon, steelhead or cutthroat trout.
The National Marine Fisheries Service came to that conclusion in a BiOp
made public Nov. 12. At the same time, it included a binding Incidental
Take Statement that restricts the harvest “exploitation rate” for Snake
River fall chinook to a
