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 (44 listed "species")
Atlantic salmon (1 listed DPS) (Salmo salar)
Gulf of Maine original listing -	2009* *expanded 2000	E	final	final
atlantic sturgeon (5 DPSs) (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus)
Gulf of Maine	2012	T	no	no
New York Bight	2012	E	no	no
Chesapeake Bay	2012	E	no	no
Carolina	2012	E	no	no
South Atlantic	2012	E	no	no
bocaccio (1 listed DPS) (Sebastes paucispinis)
Puget Sound/ Georgia Basin	2010	E	no	no
canary rockfish (1 listed DPS) (Sebastes pinniger)
Puget Sound/ Georgia Basin	2010	T	no	no
Chinook salmon (9 listed ESUs) (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
California coastal	1999**	T	final	in process
Central Valley spring-run	1999**	T	final	draft
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	draft
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	not yet proposed	in process
Oregon coast	2008	T	final	no
Southern Oregon & Northern California coasts	1997**	T	final	in process
green sturgeon (1 listed DPS) (Acipenser medirostris)
Southern DPS	2006	T	final	in process
Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi)	1991	T	final	final
Largetooth sawfish (Pristis perotteti)	2011	E	no	no
Pacific eulachon/ smelt (1 listed DPS) (Thaleichthys pacificus)
Southern DPS	2010	T	final	no
shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)	1967	E	n/a	final
sockeye salmon (2 listed ESUs) (Oncorhynchus nerka)
Ozette Lake	1999**	T	final	final
Snake River	1991**	E	final	in process
smalltooth sawfish (1 listed DPS) (Pristis pectinata)
U.S. portion of range	2003	E	final	final
steelhead trout (11 listed DPSs) (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Puget Sound	2007	T	in process	no
Central California coast	1997**	T	final	in process
Snake River Basin	1997**	T	final	in process
Upper Columbia River original listing - change in status - court reinstated status -	2009* 1997 2006 2007*	T E T E	final	final
*** reinstated to endangered status per U.S. District Court decision in June 2007; reclassified to threatened [pdf] per U.S. District Court order in June 2009
Southern California	1997**	E	final	draft
Middle Columbia River	1999**	T	final	final
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	draft
totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi)	1979	E (F)	n/a	n/a
yelloweye rockfish (1 listed DPS) (Sebastes ruberrimus)
Puget Sound/ Georgia Basin	2010	T	no	no

* 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

Updated: March 9, 2012