The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzes impacts of alternatives related to the issuance of an incidental take statement for species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act that are incidentally taken in the salmon fisheries in Southeast Alaska and funding to the State of Alaska to implement the Pacific Salmon Treaty.
Consultation on the Delegation of Management Authority for Specified Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ to the State of Alaska and Federal Funding to the State of Alaska to Implement the 2019 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement
The strategy establishes a system of governance that describes the working relationships between the two federal agencies (USFWS and NOAA-Fisheries), Maine Department of Marine Resources (MDMR), Penobscot Nation and stakeholders.
Under the Endangered Species Act, we are responsible for pulling threatened and endangered salmon back from the brink of extinction and returning them to sustainable levels.
Five-year reviews describe whether recovery is on track in the context of the recovery plan, explain what the most significant accomplishments have been over the previous five years, and identify the greatest immediate challenges for species recovery.
