NMFS Completes Review of Oregon Coast and Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal Chinook Salmon ESUs, Determines They Do Not Warrant Listing Under ESA

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has completed a comprehensive review of the Oregon Coast and Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal Chinook salmon Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) and determined that they do not meet the criteria for listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The review was in response to a petition to list these species as threatened or endangered.