1. Reservoirs, rivers and snowpack are too low to power hydroelectric dams without further imperiling endangered salmon runs. 2. The salmon runs, though much reduced by overfishing in the spawning rivers, continue to support the leading fishery. 3. Among its provisions is a requirement that fewer salmon be taken in years when salmon runs are less abundant. 4. And even if pubic support does hold, still others wonder whether the salmon runs can really be nursed back to health. 5. At that price, the fishermen said, most of them would soon be out of business, leaving the state with record salmon runs and no market. 6. A sweeping U.S.-Canadian agreement for management and conservation of West Coast salmon runs will be unveiled Thursday, sources in both countries confirmed Wednesday night. 7. According to the governor, it is the site of a voluntary, cooperative effort to restore salmon runs. 8. Advocates of removing the dams argue that endangered chinook, sockeye and other salmon runs would benefit. 9. After all, salmon runs in Alaska and Canada are thick with millions of fish. 10. Alaska officials have steadfastly denied any overfishing of Canada-bound salmon runs. |