Craig Matkin

NOAA Fisheries should step up and support the science and development of solutions, and require their implementation once solutions are found.

Is there good evidence killer whales are driving chinook salmon declines in Alaska? The science doesn’t support it.

In January, Gov. Sarah Palin announced the state would challenge the listing of the Cook Inlet population of beluga whales under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The state has expressed concern about population models, and objects to decisions based on "extremely small likelihoods of extinction over extended timeline."