Report Shows Atlantic Salmon Stocks Need Additional Protection

"A biological report released jointly by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service confirms that wild Atlantic salmon are in danger of extinction despite considerable efforts to ensure their survival...." [more in the October 8, 1999 News Release.]

Also, the proposed rule "Endangered and Threatened Species; Proposed Endangered Status for a Distinct Population Segment of Anadromous Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) in the Gulf of Maine" was published in the Federal Register on November 17, 1999.

Status Review

• Section 1: Executive Summary
• Section 2: Introduction and Background
• Section 3: Biological Information
• Section 4: Historic Distribution, Abundance and Artificial Propagation
• Section 5: Consideration as a "Species" under the ESA
• Section 6: Distribution and Abundance Status of Atlantic Salmon in the Gulf of Maine DPS
• Section 7: Analysis of Listing Factors (and Section 7.1: Present or Threatened Destruction, Modification, or Curtailment of Habitat or Range)
• Section 7.2: Overutilization for Commercial, Recreational, Scientific, or Educational Purposes
• Section 7.3: Predation, Disease, and Competition
• Section 7.4: Inadequacy of Existing Regulatory Mechanisms
• Section 7.5: Other Natural or Manmade Factors Affecting its Continued Existence
• Section 8: Conclusion
• References

See also the Atlantic Salmon Information from the National Marine Fisheries Service.