The National Marine Fisheries Services has issued a biological opinion concluding that three widely used crop protection products (chlorpyrifos, malathion and diazinon) are harming salmon and other various species. The EPA now has one year to develop methods to better protect salmon and their habitat.

Environmentalists and salmon fishermen have been demanding that the federal government act to limit these products. Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, called "Interagency Cooperation," is the mechanism by which Federal agencies ensure the actions they take, including those they fund or authorize, do not jeopardize the existence of any listed species.