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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A letter from William Stelle, Jr. - the Regional Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service - has cleared the way for one of the region's most complex and significant clean up/remediation projects along the Willamette River. The letter, known as a Biological Opinion [https://pcts.nmfs.noaa.gov/pls/pcts-pub/biop_results_detail?reg_inclause_in=('NWR')&idin=122048], provides the...

NOVATO, Calif., Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Preliminary counts of fall-run Chinook salmon returning to spawn in Central Valley rivers are encouraging, with this year's numbers well ahead of the record lows measured in the past two years. However, recovery of the species--and the valuable commercial and recreational fisheries it supports--will require stronger efforts to reverse damage caused by excessive water diversions, habitat loss and pollution to the river and San Francisco Bay...

SEATTLE, Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinook Book -- the popular green resource guide and coupon book -- now has a high-tech sister: Chinook Book for iPhone, the world's first mobile coupon book. Chinook Book owners can now use their iPhone®, iPod touch® or iPad(TM) to save thousands of dollars at hundreds of local green businesses in the Seattle metro area. "This is a game changer for merchants and consumers," says Aaron Richey, Director, Seattle Chinook Book. "The iPhone totally...

DENVER, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- This fall, an all-new 2011 Chinook Book hits the Denver/Boulder metro area, providing Front Range residents with the opportunity to save money while patronizing businesses that support healthy, sustainable living. Launched in 2010 as the EcoMetro Guide, the new 2011 Chinook Book celebrates its 2nd year of publication with a new name and more than 300 money-saving coupons. The largest book yet, it includes over 100 new participating merchants. In fact,...

PORTLAND, Ore. and SEATTLE, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinook Book - the popular green resource guide and coupon book - now has a high-tech sister: Chinook Book for iPhone, the world's first mobile coupon book. Chinook Book owners can now use their iPhone®, iPod touch® or iPad(TM) to save thousands of dollars at hundreds of green and local businesses in the Portland and Seattle metro areas. "This is a game changer for both merchants and consumers," says Nik Blosser, President of Celilo...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will decide whether or not to allow the sale of genetically engineered salmon during a hearing later this month, according to a Monday AFP report.During the hearing, which is set for September 19 and 20, the federal food safety organization will consider a proposal from AquaBounty Technologies of Waltham, Massachusetts, according to Rob Lever of the French news agency. The company is seeking permission to produce and market Atlantic salmon that have...

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Raising awareness of the plight of wild salmon, SalmonAID--a coalition of fishermen, conservation organizations, chefs and first nation tribes--presents Salmon Month at Aquarium of the Bay. Salmon Month opens on September 1 and includes storytelling by Native Americans, film screenings, children's activities and a free outdoor festival. The full Salmon Month schedule is available at www.salmonaid.org. "Twenty-six populations of Pacific salmon are...

Preserving population diversity stabilizes fisheries, ecosystems and the economies that depend upon themThe many populations of sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska act like a diversified portfolio of investments, buffering fisheries and incomes from the ups and downs of particular stocks. Sockeye salmon are one of the most valuable fisheries in the U.S., and since 1950, more than 60% of that value has come from Bristol Bay. A new study in the June 3 issue of Nature quantifies, for the first...

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska's summer salmon season kicks off today. From now through October, a projected 137 million wild Alaska salmon will be harvested by thousands of Alaska fishermen and women all over the state. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100513/SF03025LOGO) Alaska is home to five species of wild salmon: king, sockeye, keta, pink and coho. Alaska supplies 90%-95% of the wild salmon harvested in North America. Alaska king, or Chinook salmon,...

SAUSALITO, Calif., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Friends of the Eel River (FOER) brought legal action before the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board), in an attempt to stop Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), from destroying two northern California rivers essential to the restoration of California's once-vibrant billion dollar salmon industry. The FOER legal action challenges the diversion of almost all of the flow of the Eel River to PG&E's Potter Valley...