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Published on: 11/5/2003
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PORTLAND - The Pacific Salmon Commission, which manages fishing of endangered salmon in the United States and Canada, has appointed Larry Cassidy of Vancouver, Wash., as its new chairman.
Cassidy, who represents Washington and Oregon on the 16-member commission, will begin his one-year term in January.The appointment was announced Tuesday.
He said he will try to coordinate research on salmon populations in the Pacific Ocean now conducted separately, and using different techniques, by both countries.
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Cassidy said Tuesday that half of the funding has been restored and that he hopes that Congress will fully fund the commission with a supplemental spending bill.