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NOAA Fisheries Accepts ESA Herring Petition  (PDF file 91kb) 
Aug. 5, 2004 - NOAA Fisheries today announced it has accepted an Endangered Species Act petition to list a population of herring in Washington's Puget Sound. While accepting a petition doesn't guarantee that a species will eventually be listed under the ESA, it is the first step in that process.
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NOAA Fisheries Proposes New Hatchery Policy & ESA Listings  (PDF file 88kb) 
May 28, 2004 - NOAA Fisheries today announced its continued commitment to protect 27 Pacific salmon and steelhead populations listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). At the announcement a new hatchery policy proposal and a report outlining its assessment of the current biological status of each of the West Coast's naturally spawning and hatchery origin salmon stocks were unveiled.   News Release  (PDF file 88kb) 
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U.S. & Canada Announce Joint Plan to Reintroduce Killer Whale L98 to Family Pod  (PDF file 27kb) 
Apr. 5, 2004 - NOAA Fisheries and its Canadian counterpart, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), today announced a cooperative plan to return the juvenile killer whale, known as L98, to its southern resident population. News Release  (PDF file 27kb) 
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Scientific Panel Completes Preliminary Report on Haro Strait Porpoise Investigation  (PDF file 73kb) 
Feb. 9, 2004 - A scientific panel investigated the possible causes of death of 11 harbor porpoises and did not find any definitive evidence of acoustic trauma that could be linked to sonar from the Navy operation.   News Release  (PDF file 73kb) 

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