ESA Overview - Salmon, Bull Trout, Steelhead, and Rockfish

Contents

• Introduction
• Recovery Planning
• Listed Fish Populations in Washington
• Effects of Climate Change
• Related MRSC Pages
  • ESA - Agencies, Programs, and Regulations

Introduction

Of the 28 populations of West Coast Salmon and Steelhead listed by the National Marine Fisheries Service, 19 are in the Pacific Northwest.  Three Rockfish species are also listed. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) which are members of the family Salmonidae and char, native of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Montana and western Canada.  This page provides links to information on the threatened species.

• Pacific Northwest Salmon Recovery Planning & Implementation, NOAA Northwest Regional Office
• Puget Sound Rockfish, NOAA Northwest Regional Office - Rockfish comprise at least 28 of the more than 200 species of fish in the Salish Sea. NOAA listed Puget Sound yelloweye and canary rockfish and bocaccio under the Endangered Species Act in 2010. The state of Washington listed several additional species as species of concern
• Steelhead, NOAA Northwest Regional Office - Throughout the Northwest, six species of steelhead are protected under the Endangered Species Act.
• Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Salmon and Steelhead  4(d) Rules, NMFS
• Washington State Wildlife Species of Concern: Fish - This page contains links to species status reports, recovery plans, conservation plans and species reintroduction activities

Recovery Planning

• Pacific Northwest Salmon Recovery Planning & Implementation 
• Salmon Recovery in Washington, Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office
• Salish Sea Rockfish Recovery Workshop, June 2011 and Workshop Report (), NOAA Northwest Regional Office  
• Bull Trout Recovery Planning, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Region

Listed Fish Populations in Washington

Salmon

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

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), U.S Fish and Wildlife Service  - Threatened

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, University of Washington College of the Environment 
• Global Change, Regions Northwest, 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.
• Salmon and Trout in the Pacific Northwest and Climate Change, Preparer: Pete Bisson, Aquatic and Land Interactions Program, Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service
• Topic View: Aquatic Ecosystems and Fisheries, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington College of the Environment

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

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