...an attorney for Earthjustice, the environmental public interest law firm representing salmon advocates. NOAA fisheries spokesman Brian Gorman said the agency has not seen the lawsuit and could not immediately comment.

...conservation of Canadian and U.S. wild coho stocks, let alone allow both countries to maintain viable coho fisheries,'' spokesman John Dinger said in a statement. ``In the end, Canada wanted the United States to make a substantial reduction...