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Alarmed Feds Cancel Salmon Season

Shocking plunge in numbers a mystery

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 11, 2008 5:10 AM CDT

(Newser) – In drastic action to stop the collapse of the West Coast salmon population, a federal fisheries council is banning salmon fishing off California and most of Oregon for the rest of the year, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. "This is a disaster," said...   Read full story »

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