WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a notice called: Determination of Overfishing or an Overfished Condition.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Jan. 13 by Kelly Denit, Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Summary: This action serves as a notice that NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), has found that Atlantic herring continues to be overfished; the West Coast Klamath River fall-run Chinook salmon stock continues to be overfished; and the northern subpopulation of Pacific Sardine is now overfished. NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary, is required to provide this notice whenever it determines that a stock or stock compl...