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Seagulls fly over the Pier 2 seafood processing warehouse. T he space is leased by United Coast Seafoods, Da Yang and Boren-
stein Seafoods. The Port is negotiating a deal with Da Yang that would have the company take over space leased by United Coast
Seafoods, which is out of business.
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER
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From left, California Gov. Jerry Brown, U.S. Secretary of the In-
terior Sally Jewell and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown sign the new
Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement on Wednesday ,
in Klamath, Calif. Endangered salmon blocked for nearly a
century from hundreds of miles of a river in Oregon and Cal-
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agreements to tear down four hydroelectric dams.
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Double -cre sted cormorants on East
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