Conservation group lawsuit seeks to speed listing of Alaska king salmon under Endangered Species Act

Conservation group lawsuit seeks to speed listing of Alaska king salmon under Endangered Species Act

A Chinook salmon is seen in an undated photo. (Photo by Ryan Hagerty/USFWS)A Washington state-based conservation group filed a lawsuit this week in an effort to speed up the federal government’s review of a proposal to list king salmon as threatened or endangered across the Gulf of Alaska. The Wild Fish Conservancy filed its lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., saying that the National Marine Fisheries Service had missed …

Conservation group's lawsuit seeks to speed listing of Alaska king salmon under Endangered Species Act - Chilkat Valley News

A Washington state-based conservation group filed a lawsuit this week in an effort to speed up the federal government’s review of a proposal to list king salmon as threatened or endangered across the Gulf of Alaska. The Wild Fish Conservancy filed its lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., saying that the National Marine Fisheries Service had missed a 12-month deadline under the Endangered Species Act to decide on the conse…