NMFS Notifies Regional Councils of Nine Species Listed as Overfished or Subject to Overfishing
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Susan Chambers - August 7, 2018
The National Marine Fisheries Service notified regional Councils recently than nine stocks around the country are overfished or subject to overfishing. Of those, five are salmon stocks on the West Coast.
The Klamath River fall Chinook, Queets coho, Juan de Fuca coho, Snohomish coho and Sacramento River fall Chinook have been listed as overfished. Upper Columbia River summer Chinook is listed as being subject to overfishing. In other regions, thorny skate and the ...
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