State of the Salmon

Endangered Listings


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State of the Salmon is working with the Salmonid Specialist Group of the IUCN to create a common language across the entire range of Pacific salmon that will help us assess risk in discrete populations.

Meanwhile, below is a compendium of regional and national threatened and endangered listings — which have different conditions for listing subspecies as such.

Choose a country to view status listings: Canada | Japan | Russia | United States

Canada Listings

Scientific nameCommon name/
subspecies/population
Listing AuthorityListing statusListing Date
Oncorhynchus kisutchCoho
Interior Fraser Population
NationalEndangeredMay 2002
Oncorhynchus nerka Sockeye
Cultus population
National Endangered October 2002, status re-examined and confirmed May 2003
Oncorhynchus nerkaSockeye
Sakinaw Population
NationalEndangered October 2002, status re-examined and confirmed May 2003
Oncorhynchus clarki clarkiCutthroat trout
Coastal
Province of British ColumbiaBlueMarch 2000
Oncorhynchus clarki lewisiCutthroat trout
Westslope
Province of British ColumbiaBlueMarch 2000
Salvelinus confluentusBull troutProvince of British ColumbiaBlueUnknown
Salvelinus malmaDolly VardenProvince of British ColumbiaBlueUnknown

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Japan Listings

Scientific nameCommon name/
subspecies/population
Listing AuthorityListing statusListing Date
Hucho perryi Sakhalin taimen National Endangered 1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Vulnerable.
Hucho perryi Ito
Japanese Huchen
Hokkaido PrefectureCritically Endangered2000; Listed as Vulnerable in 1991, Endangered in 1997.
Oncorhynchus masou subsp. (rhodurus) Masu, amago NationalNear Threatened1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Rare.
Oncorhynchus masou masou Masu, Kanto Region National Threatened Local Population1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Locally Threatened Population.
Oncorhynchus masou ishikawaeMasu, western Japan National Threatened Local Population1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Locally Threatened Population.
Salvelinus malma krascheninnikovi Dolly Varden, SouthernNational Near Threatened1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Rare.
Oncorhynchus nerka kawamuraeKokanee, endemic form National Extinct Unknown.
Oncorhynchus nerkaSockeyeHokkaido PrefectureCritically Endangered2000.
Salvelinus leucomaenis imbrius White-spotted char, Chugoku District National Threatened Local Population1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Vulnerable.
Salvelinus leucomaenis japonicus White-spotted char, Totsukawa River, Honshu IslandNationalThreatened Local Population1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Endangered.
Salvelinus malma miyabei Dolly Varden, landlocked, Lake Shikaribetsu, HokkaidoNational Near Threatened1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Rare.

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Russia Listings

Scientific nameCommon name/
subspecies/population
Listing AuthorityListing statusListing Date
Parahucho perryi
(Hucho perryi)
Taimen, Sakhalin National Category 21997
Parasalmo mykiss
(Oncorhyncus mykiss)
Steelhead,
Shantar Islands
National Category 31985
Parasalmo penshinensis
(Oncorhyncus mykiss)
Steelhead,
Kamchatka Peninsula
Northern Far East of RussiaCategory 21998
Parasalmo mykiss
(Oncorhyncus mykiss)
Steelhead,
Shantar Islands
Khabarovsk TerritoryCategory 32000
Oncorhyncus masou Masu,
Estuary of Amur River
Shores of Sea of Okhostk
Littoral area of Tartar
Khabarovsk TerritoryCategory 22000
Oncorhyncus masou Masu,
Kamchatka Peninsula
Northern Far East of RussiaCategory 31998
Salvelinus boganidae Charr, Boganida
Taimyr Peninsula
Northern Far East of RussiaCategory 31998

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U.S. Listings

Scientific nameCommon name/
subspecies/population
Listing AuthorityListing statusListing Date
Oncorhynchus kisutch Coho,
Central California ESU
National Threatened October 1996, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus kisutch Coho,
Central California ESU
State of California Endangered December 1995
Oncorhynchus kisutch Coho,
Southern Oregon/
Northern California Coasts ESU
NationalThreatened May 1997, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus kisutch Coho,
Oregon Coast ESU
NationalThreatened August 1998, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus kisutch Coho,
Lower Columbia River/Southwest Washington ESU
State of Oregon Endangered December 2000
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook,
Sacramento River Winter-run ESU
NationalEndangered January 1994, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus tshawytschaChinook,
Sacramento River Winter-run ESU
State of CaliforniaEndangered September 1989
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook,
Snake River Fall-run ESU
NationalThreatened April 1992, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook,
Snake River Fall-run ESU
State of OregonThreatened December 2000
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook,
Snake River Spring/Summer-run ESU
NationalThreatened April 1992, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus tshawytschaChinook,
Snake River Spring/Summer-run ESU
State of OregonThreatened December 2000
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook,
Puget Sound ESU
NationalThreatened March 1999, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook,
Lower Columbia River ESU
NationalThreatened March 1999, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook,
Upper Willamette River ESU
NationalThreatened March 1999, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook,
Upper Columbia River Spring-run ESU
NationalEndangeredMarch 1999, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook,
Central Valley Spring-run ESU
NationalThreatened September 1999, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook,
Central Valley Spring-run ESU
State of CaliforniaThreatened February 1999
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook,
California Coastal ESU
NationalThreatened September 1999, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus keta Chum,
Hood Canal Summer-run ESU
NationalThreatened March 1999, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus keta Chum,
Columbia River ESU
NationalThreatened March 1999, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus nerka Sockeye,
Snake River ESU
NationalEndangeredNovember 1991, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus nerka Sockeye,
Ozette lake ESU
NationalThreatened March 1999, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus mykiss Steelhead,
Southern California ESU
NationalEndangeredAugust 1997, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus mykiss Steelhead,
South-Central California Coast ESU
NationalThreatened August 1997, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus mykiss Steelhead,
Central California Coast ESU
NationalThreatened August 1997, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus mykiss Steelhead,
Upper Columbia River ESU
NationalEndangered August 1997, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus mykissSteelhead,
Snake River Basin ESU
NationalThreatened August 1997, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus mykiss Steelhead,
Lower Columbia River ESU
NationalThreatened March 1998, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus mykiss Steelhead,
California Central Valley ESU
NationalThreatened March 1998, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus mykiss Steelhead,
California Central Valley ESU
State of CaliforniaEndangered October 1980
Oncorhynchus mykiss Steelhead,
Upper Willamette ESU
NationalThreatened March 1999, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus mykiss Steelhead,
Middle Columbia River ESU
NationalThreatened March 1999, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus mykiss Steelhead,
Northern California ESU
NationalThreatened June 2000, Currently under reassessment
Oncorhynchus clarki clarki Trout,
Coastal cutthroat, Umpqua River (Oregon)
NationalDelisted Delisted April 2000 (Taxonomic revision based on improved understanding). Originally listed as Endangered, September 1996
Oncorhynchus gilae Gila Trout NationalEndangered March 1967
Oncorhynchus clarki stomias Greenback Cutthroat Trout NationalThreatened March 1967
Oncorhynchus clarki seleniris Paiute cutthroat trout NationalThreatened March 1967
Oncorhynchus apache Apache Trout NationalThreatened March 1967
Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi Lahontan Cutthroat Trout NationalThreatened October 1970
Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi Lahontan Cutthroat Trout State of OregonThreatened December 2000
Oncorhynchus aguabonita whitei Golden Trout, Little Kern golden NationalThreatened April 1978
Salvelinus confluentus Bull Trout NationalThreatened June 1998
Salvelinus confluentus Bull trout State of CaliforniaThreatened December 1993

The following states have no salmoninae listed as threatened or endangered. You may wish to follow the hyperlinks for each state to review their species' listings.

Alaska

Idaho

Washington

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