Petitioners Karuk Tribe and Salmon River Restoration Council request that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) reconsider its decision to deny a previous petition from Environmental Protection Information Center et al. to list as threatened or end
The goal of ESA recovery under this plan is to improve the viability of these salmon, and the ecosystems upon which they depend, to the point that they no longer require ESA protection.
The Endangered Species Act requires periodic reviews of species that are listed as threatened or endangered to ensure that the listing is still accurate.
Many west coast salmon and steelhead (Oncorhynchus sp.) stocks have declined substantially from their historic numbers and now are at a fraction of their historical abundance.
This plan was developed for three ESA threatened salmon and steelhead species to provide a framework for their conservation and survival that focuses and prioritizes threat abatement and restoration actions.
Analysis of proposed management measures that would allow inseason reapportionment of the Chinook salmon prohibited species catch limits from one particular sector of the Gulf of Alaska groundfish trawl fishery to another.
This report provides genetic stock identification for the Chinook salmon bycatch samples collected from the Bering Sea walleye pollock trawl fishery. Determining the geographic origin of salmon bycatch is essential to understanding the fishery's effects.
Many West Coast salmon and steelhead (Oncorhynchus sp.) stocks have declined substantially from their historic numbers and now are at a fraction of their historical abundance.
On February 6, 2015, we announced the initiation of five year reviews for 17 ESUs of salmon and 11 DPSs of steelhead in Oregon, California, Idaho, and Washington (80 FR 6695). We requested that the public submit new information on these species that has b