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April 14, 2008: Headlines

Go fish: The government's answer to depleted stocks

Posted Mon, Apr 14, 11 p.m.

While officials are calling for a moratorium on commercial salmon fishing along much of the West Coast, they're opting for a different tactic in Puget Sound: continued fishing.

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So much talk about so few fish

Posted Mon, Apr 14, 11 p.m.

The salmon fisheries of the Northwest have spawned a new industry of bureaucrats, lawyers, environmentalists, sport fishers, commercial interests, scientists, and natives, all focused on the absence of fish. Meanwhile, four sockeye returned last summer to a lake in Idaho once teeming with tens of thousands.

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