International trade · 02/04/2012

US Fish and Wildlife Service Denies Petition to List Chinook Salmon in Upper Klamath and Trinity Rivers Basin as Threatened or Endangered

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has denied a 12-month petition to list the Chinook salmon in the Upper Klamath and Trinity Rivers Basin as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), concluding that the species is not at risk of extinction over the next 100 years.