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“Clearly, if we don't do anything, I think it's accurate to say a number of populations of salmon will be extinct or close to extinct in 100 years,”
Brian Gorman
“The Makahs are hardly responsible for what somebody else does. The Makah have a clear right (under an 1855 treaty) to hunt gray whales.”
“This is not the sort of thing that you crank out in a weekend,”
“Between the time we proposed to list these animals as threatened and now, we've discovered the population is in a more delicate situation than we had assumed.”
“Because the population has such a small number of sexually active males in it, a catastrophic event -- an oil spill, a chemical spill -- could really make a huge difference in the population.”
“The actual hunt is a long way off. This is not a rubber-stamp process.”
“Taking five whales a year would not have any biological impact on the population.”
“We did an independent analysis of Oregon's numbers, and we came to the conclusion that their science was pretty tight, and accurate. Our own biological assessment says these fish have a lot of pluck. They're very resilient. They're subject to considerable fluctuations, depending on ocean conditions, but they seem to bounce back if they're given the opportunity.”
“This doesn't meet the standard that says in the foreseeable future these fish will become endangered. We proposed a year and a half ago to list them as threatened. But we have been convinced, in large part because of the hatchery and harvest reforms that were undertaken very aggressively, that a listing is not warranted.”
“There is no question that it is a distinct population.”
