Feds release plan to stem decline of Cook Inlet belugas

A beluga whale fluke in Cook Inlet. NOAA Fisheries has included belugas on their list of the eight most threatened species the agency monitors. (Photo courtesy of LGL Alaska Research Associates)The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its final plan to increase the population of Cook Inlet’s beluga whales and get them off the endangered species list.
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Biologists estimate there are now about 340 belugas in Cook Inlet, down from more than a thousand in the 1