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I received quite a few off-list replies from F-S subscribers and I thank you 
all. To summarise, chum almon are not endangered in the Canadian part of 
their range, although there may be problems further south (Columbia River 
stocks for example), and I can enjoy my smoked salmon with a clear 
conscience.

Bill Silvert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Silvert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:11 PM
Subject: Chum salmon


> My wife showed up with a surprising package that claims to be smoked wild 
> chum salmon (Oncorynchus keta) from Canada. Since it is rare to see smoked 
> wild salmon, especially here in Portugal, I checked the NOAA website and 
> see that this species is listed as endangered. Can anyone provide some 
> background information on this? 

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