12. RELEASE OF CHINOOK `4D ESA RULES EXPECTED SOON

The National Marine Fisheries Service is just about ready to publish
its draft 4(d) Rules for Puget Sound Chinook, says Robert A. Turner, Washington
Area director for NMFS.
Turner told a salmon conference in Seattle last week that the rules
likely would be published in the Federal Register for public review and
comment in six weeks.
The 4(d) Rules for Puget Sound Chinook are part of a rule package that
NMFS is developing for the three evolutionary significant units (ESUs)
of coastal …

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