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      Endangered Species Act: Petitions & Related Documents
American Eel

Petition to list the American Eel as an Endangered Species (web page)
Doug Watts and Timothy Watts (11/12/04)
NOAA Fisheries Service webpage of Endangered Species Act Petitions
Federal Register Notice: 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the American Eel as Threatened or Endangered (pdf; file size: 106 KB)
Federal Register: Vol. 70, No. 128 (7/6/05)
Federal Register Notice: 12-Month Finding on a Petition to List the American Eel as Threatened or Endangered (pdf; file size: 1.6 MB)
Federal Register: Vol. 72, No. 22 (2/2/07)
Atlantic Salmon

Petition to list the Kennebec River Population of Anadromous Atlantic Salmon as an Endangered Species (pdf; file size: 338 KB)
Doug Watts, Timothy Watts, Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, Maine Toxics Action Coalition (5/5/05)
Read Press Release
NOAA Fisheries Service webpage of Endangered Species Act Petitions
ATS 2015: Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission’s 10-Year Strategic Plan (pdf; file size: 247 KB)
In November 2004, the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission began a strategic planning process to chart a course of action over the next 10 years to support the statewide recovery and restoration of Atlantic salmon.
11/29/2005
Status Review for Andadromous Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) in the United States. (pdf; file size: 2.8 MB)
Report to the National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Atlantic Salmon Biological Review Team
C. Fay, M. Barton, S. Craig, A. Hecht, J. Pruden, R. Saunders, T. Sheehan, and J. Trial
July 2006
Federal Register Notice: Notice of Availability of the Status Review for Atlantic Salmon in the United States (pdf)
Good summary of Status Review, above
Federal Register: Vol. 71, No. 184 (9/22/06)
Federal Register Notice: 90-Day Finding for Petition to List the Kennebec River Population of Anadromous Atlantic Salmon as Part of the Endangered Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment (pdf)
Federal Register: Vol. 71, No. 219 (11/14/06)
Notice of intention to sue National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failure to act on the petition to list the Atlantic Salmon as endangered within the time required by the Endangered Species Act (pdf; file size 259 KB 2/16/2008)
On behalf of Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Maine Toxics Action Coalition

FOMB, CBD and Watts v. Gutierrez, Kempthorne - Complaint (pdf; file size 2.3 MB) Suit filed 2/12/2008
Exhibit 1 of Complaint (pdf; file size 1.5 MB) Previous Notice of Intention To Sue from 2/16/2008
Answer to FOMB et al v. Gutierrez, Kempthorne - Complaint (7/22/2008) (pdf; file size 23 KB)
Press Releases and Coverage
60 day Notice Press Release (2/16/2008) (pdf; file size 28 KB)
Lawsuit eyed on behalf of salmon (html; file size 4 KB) Times Record Front Page Article by Bob Kalish on 2/19/2008
Maine Things Considered Audio Story (mp3; file size 4 MB) by Barbara Cariddi, Maine Public Broadcasting Network Aired 2/19/2008
Group will sue to protect salmon in Kennebec (html; file size 4 KB) By Seth Harkness Staff Writer, Portland Press Herald and Kennebec Journal February 20, 2008 New!
Lawsuit Press Release (5/12/2008) (pdf; file size 26 KB)
Associated Press, Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Waterville Sentinel and Bangor Daily News Coverage (5/13/2008) (pdf; file size 47 KB)
CBC Maritime Noon Interview of Ed Friedman by Bob Murphy (5/15/2008) (mp3; file size 8.8 MB)
Common Dreams Press Release (5/16/2008) (pdf; file size 68 KB)
Times Record Article (5/19/2008) (htm; file size 2 KB)



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