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Letter writing campaign for helping salmon

Ahoy there one and all! I have been asked to post some information here for others to be able to find the links for who and a copies of a letter to write.

Sample letter:

Date

Your name and contact information

Letter to: _______ (see attached list)

Hello.

I am writing today as an interested citizen and hope that my views will be given serious consideration regarding the pending closure of the 2006 salmon fishing season along the western United States.

As you carefully consider the impact to the thousands of customers and fishermen who come to the coast to fish on the sea, eat at the restaurants and purchase fresh fish from fish mongers you must consider the potential loss of revenue not only to the fishermen but also all of the associated businesses (restaurants, hotels, gas stations, harbors, fuel suppliers, tackle suppliers). Coastal communities will suffer immediately with the loss of income and tax revenues that support their social and educational infrastructures.

I ask you to address the problems of the Klamath River as the salmon are not overfished, but the Klamath River is being strangled. Cutting back in the fishing of this resource does not provide a solution to the real reasons for the low fish populations in the Klamath River. There are other solutions that have been identified to save this important river system – a high volume of fresh cold water to flush out the parasites and diseases and to allow the fish their natural spawning patterns.

By focusing on the real problem, the economies of our coastal communities will be able to survive if the salmon continue to be available.

Thank you

ADDRESSES TO SEND TO

Please fee free to pass this on to anyone you feel might want this. Thank you for your time.

PFMC

Pacific Fishery Mangement Council

7700 NEAmbassador Place, Suite 200

Portland OR 97220-1384

Pfmc.comments@noaa.gov

Fax: 503-820-2299

NOAA/NMFS

William T. Hogarth, Dirctor

NoAA Fisheries

1315 East West Highway

Silver Spring MD 20910

Bill.Hogarth@noaa.gov

301-713-2239

Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr.

NoAA Administrator

14^th St. & Constitution Ave. NW

Room 6217

Washington DC 20230-0001

Conrad.C.Lautenbacher@noaa.gov

202-482-3436

Secretary, US Department of Commerce

Carlos Guiterreez,

Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez
Office of the Secretary
Room 5516
U.S. Department of Commerce
14th & Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20230
Phone:
202-482-2000
Email:
CGutierrez@doc.gov

Arnold Schwartzenegger

governor@governor.ca.gov

(R) Fax: 916-445-4633

Lynn Woolsey

lynn.woolsey@mail.house.gov

(D-6) Fax: 202-225-5163

Nancy Pelosi

sf.nancy@mail.house.gov

(D-6) Fax: 202-225-5163

Anna Eschoo

annagram@mail.house.gov

(D-14) Fax: 202-225-8890