Fish Species Protected Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) - Office of Protected Resources

Marine/Anadromous Fish Species Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)

List of Fish Species under NMFS' Jurisdiction
(E = "endangered"; T = "threatened"; F = "foreign"; n/a = not applicable*)

Species	Year Listed	Status	Critical Habitat *	Recovery Plan *
Marine and Anadromous Fish (34 listed "species")
Atlantic salmon (1 listed DPS) (Salmo salar)
Gulf of Maine original listing -	2009* *expanded 2000	E	final	final
Chinook salmon (9 listed ESUs) (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
California coastal	1999**	T	final	in process
Central Valley spring-run	1999**	T	final	in process
Lower Columbia River	1999**	T	final	in process
Upper Columbia River spring-run	1999**	E	final	final
Puget Sound	1999**	T	final	final
Sacramento River winter-run	1994**	E	final	in process
Snake River fall-run	1992**	T	final	in process
Snake River spring/ summer-run	1992**	T	final	in process
Upper Willamette River	1999**	T	final	in process
chum salmon (2 listed ESUs) (Oncorhynchus keta)
Columbia River	1999**	T	final	in process
Hood Canal summer-run	1999**	T	final	final
coho salmon (4 listed ESUs) (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
Central California coast original listing -	2005 1996	E T	final	in process
Lower Columbia River	2005**	T	in process	in process
Oregon coast	2008	T	final
Southern Oregon & Northern California coasts	1997**	T	final	in process
green sturgeon (1 listed DPS) (Acipenser medirostris)
southern DPS	2006	T	proposed	no
Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi)	1991	T	final	final
shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)	1967	E	n/a	final
sockeye salmon (2 listed ESUs) (Oncorhynchus nerka)
Ozette Lake	1999**	T	final	in process
Snake River	1991**	E	final	in process
smalltooth sawfish (1 listed DPS) (Pristis pectinata)
U.S. portion of range	2003	E	proposed	final
steelhead trout (11 listed DPSs) (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Puget Sound	2007	T	final	no
Central California coast	1997**	T	final	in process
Snake River Basin	1997**	T	final	in process
Upper Columbia River	1997**	E	final	final
Southern California	1997**	E	final	draft
Middle Columbia River	1999**	T	final	in process
Lower Columbia River	1998**	T	final	in process
Upper Willamette River	1999**	T	final	in process
Northern California	2000**	T	final	in process
South-Central California coast	1997**	T	final	in process
California Central Valley	1998**	T	final	in process
totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi)	1979	E (F)	n/a	n/a

* NOTE: Critical habitat and recovery plans are not required for foreign species; critical habitat is also not required for species listed prior to the 1978 ESA amendments that added critical habitat provisions.

** All Pacific salmonid listings were revisited in 2005 and 2006. Only the salmonids whose status changed as a result of the review will show the revised date; for all others, only the original listing date is shown. For more information on the listing history, please click on the link for each ESU/DPS.

Endangered and Threatened Marine Species