3. BASIN TRIBES SEEK HEARINGS ON HATCHERY CLUBBINGS

Columbia River treaty-fishing tribes this week have asked U.S. Sen.
Gordon Smith, R-Ore., to hold field hearings to change the federal
government’s endangered species and artificial propagation policies.

In a March 20 letter, tribal leaders asked Smith to help protect
thousands of hatchery-reared adult salmon that would be destroyed under
policies implemented by the National Marine Fisheries Service.

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