ESA Overview - Salmon, Bull Trout and Rockfish

Contents

• Background to Listings - Including Proposed Revisions
• Recovery Planning
• Listed Fish Populations in Washington
• Effects of Climate Change
• ESA Fisheries Issues in Other States and Canada
• Related MRSC Pages
  • ESA Salmon - Overview of Regulatory Agencies, Laws, and Regulations

Background to Listings - Including Proposed Revisions

Currently, 14 populations of salmon, steelhead, trout, and rockfish are listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the state of Washington. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) listed six between 1992 and 1999. In March of 1999, NMFS listed seven Washington salmon populations as endangered or threatened. . In June 2005, the Lower Columbia Coho was added as a threatened species, and, in May 2007, the Puget Sound Steelhead was listed as threatened. In 2010, the Puget Sound Rockfish was added. In addition, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) added two populations of Bull Trout in November 1999 to four it had listed in 1998.

On January 10, 2011, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA) announced that it will prepare critical habitat designation proposals for lower Columbia River coho and Puget Sound steelhead listed as threatened under the ESA, and requested public comment. See NOAA Marine Fisheries announcement, Critical Habitat for Lower Columbia River Coho & Puget Sound Steelhead

• Pacific Salmonids: Major Threats and Impacts, NMFS
• ESA Chronology for Oregon Coast Coho , NMFS
• Final Hatchery Listing Policy & Salmon ESA Listings, NMF, 2005-2009
• Steelhead Endangered Species Act Listings, 2005-2009
• Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus), USFWS
  • The Final Rule Designating Critical Habitat for Bull Trout was published in 70 Federal Register 56212 , 09/26/2005
• Mid-Columbia Sub-Domain ESA Salmon Recovery Plans in Progress, NMFS, 2008 - Middle Columbia River Steelhead
• Puget Sound Rockfish Endangered Species Act Listing, NMFS, 2010
• Final ESA Salmon 4(d) Rules, NMFS, 2000-2008

Recovery Planning

• National Marine Fisheries
  • Salmon Recovery Planning
  • Ground Fishery Management
• Salmon Recovery in Washington, Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office
• Bull Trout Recovery Planning, USFWS, Pacific Region

Listed Fish Populations in Washington

Salmon

• Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), NOAA
• Chum (Oncorhynchus keta), NOAA
• Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), NOAA
• Sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka), NOAA
• Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss), NOAA

Rockfish

• Bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis), NOAA, Office of Protected Resources - Endangered
• Canary Rockfish (Sebastes pinniger), NOAA, Office of Protected Resources - Threatened
• Yelloweye Rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus), NOAA, Office of Protected Resources - Threatened

Bull Trout

• Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus), USFWS
  • Puget Sound Bull Trout - Threatened 11/01/1999
  • Washington Coastal Bull Trout - Threatened 11/01/1999
  • Lower Columbia River Bull Trout - Threatened 06/10/1998
  • Upper Columbia River Bull Trout - Threatened 06/10/1998
  • Mid Columbia River Bull Trout - Threatened 06/10/1998
  • Snake River Bull Trout - Threatened 06/10/1998

Effects of Climate Change

• Climate Change Impacts on Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife, Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Independent Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB), ISAB 2007-2, 05/2007
• Climate Impacts on Pacific Northwest Salmon, Climate Impacts Group
• Links to Material from the Pacific Northwest Assessment Group, U.S Global Change Research Program - The USGCRP was codified by Congress in the Global Change Research Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-606), which mandates development of a coordinated interagency research program.

ESA Fisheries Issues in Other States and Canada

• Oregon Plan for Salmons and Watersheds - Salmon and Bull Trout
• Canada Salmonid Enhancement Program, Fisheries and Oceans Pacific Region

Related MRSC Resources
MRSC Index – Endangered Species Act (ESA)
MRSC Index – Salmon, salmonids