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Feds agree to review pesticide harm to ESA-listed salmon
On July 30, a coalition of fishing and environmental groups settled a law suit with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the federal agency charged with protecting threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead.The settlement requires NMFS to examine the impacts that 37 pesticides commonly used in the Pacific Northwest and California have on the protected salmon and steelhead. NMFS must also design permanent measures to help pesticide users minimize the harmful effects of those pesticides. The settlement takes place as commercial and recreational fishing for salmon is closed in ocean waters off California and Oregon and in the Central Valley rivers, due to the collapse of the Sacramento River chinook. The collapse is a direct result of Bush and Schwarzenegger administration policies that have increased water exports from the California Delta and increased pollution by pesticides and other toxic chemicals.
On July 30, a coalition of fishing and environmental groups settled a law suit with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the federal agency charged with protecting threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead.The settlement requires NMFS to examine the impacts that 37 pesticides commonly used in the Pacific Northwest and California have on the protected salmon and steelhead. NMFS must also design permanent measures to help pesticide users minimize the harmful effects of those pesticides. The settlement takes place as commercial and recreational fishing for salmon is closed in ocean waters off California and Oregon and in the Central Valley rivers, due to the collapse of the Sacramento River chinook. The collapse is a direct result of Bush and Schwarzenegger administration policies that have increased water exports from the California Delta and increased pollution by pesticides and other toxic chemicals.
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