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Fishery regulators on Tuesday called for shutting down commercial salmon fishing along the California coast for an unprecedented third year in a row in an effort to help the declining population of Chinook salmon recover.

His cognitive function, which was always terrible, is visibly declining.

Announcing that decision, Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey warned about global economic uncertainty but said that he still believed interest rates were on a "gradually declining path".

They include endangered birds like hen harriers and water voles, which are now the UK's fastest declining mammal.

The hearing was told that he had suffered heart and kidney failure, but no underlying cause for his declining health was identified during an initial six-and-a-half week stay in hospital.