Fisheries told to reconsider coho decision
Published 11:04 pm Tuesday, October 9, 2007
The federal agency overseeing restoration of salmon in the Northwest must take another look at its decision not to protect Oregon coastal coho under the Endangered Species Act.
U.S. District Judge Garr King in Portland, Ore., affirmed a magistrate’s findings earlier this year that NOAA Fisheries had been arbitrary and capricious and did not rely on the best available science when it decided to leave the fish off the threatened species list.
The agency has until Dec. 8 to make a decision.
