Newsflash: FOMB Salmon Lawsuit Successful!
 
9/2/08----National Marine Fisheries Service [NMFS] and US Fish & Wildlife Service USFWS] today announced their proposal to redefine the endangered Gulf of Maine population of Atlantic salmon to include fish found in the Kennebec, Androscoggin and Penobscot Rivers!
 
The proposal will be listed immediately in the Federal Register and a public comment period will be available for 90 days.
 
This decision comes in large part from pressure brought to bear by Doug Watts, Tim Watts, FOMB and the Maine Toxics Action Coalition in their 2005 citizen ESA petition to list the Kennebec Atlantic salmon and from a 2008 lawsuit filed in federal court by FOMB, Doug Watts and the Center for Biological Diversity to force the listing decision which was 2 years overdue in spite of support from a federal status review of Gulf of Maine salmon.
 
Thanks to all for your support!
 
Best,
 
Ed