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Bits and pieces

Coalition response...There are many nuggets in the NRC study. Others include:

• "Introduced species have caused dramatic changes in habitat, prey, and predators of the listed fish species in the Delta. Introductions of nonnative species will continue into the future as management controls that substantially reduce risk are difficult and expensive to implement." --- Pages 7-8.

• "Coastal ocean productivity is one of the most significant factors determining the ocean survival of juvenile salmon and the number of adult salmon that return to spawn. When ocean conditions are unfavorable for salmon and steelhead, those effects can be partially ameliorated by increasing the diversity of wild and hatchery salmon ocean entrance timing." --- Page 8.

• "Consideration of the large number of stressors and their effects and interactions leads to the conclusion that efforts to eliminate any one stressor are unlikely to reverse declines in the listed species." --- Page 8.

There are even more nuggets; it just depends on what the reader is seeking.