Commerce Secretary Locke Extends 2008 Disaster Declaration U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said today he was extending the 2008 West Coast salmon disaster declaration for California and Oregon in response to expected poor salmon returns to the Sacramento River.
NOAA Announces Emergency Rule to Protect ‘Threatened’ Sea Turtles NOAA's Fisheries Service announced a temporary rule that will require the commercial reef fish longline fleet to fish seaward of a line approximating the 50-fathom contour in the Gulf of Mexico.