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 name | Common name/ subspecies/population |
Listing Authority | Listing status | Listing Date |
| Oncorhynchus kisutch | Coho Interior Fraser Population |
National | Endangered | May 2002 |
| Oncorhynchus nerka | Sockeye Cultus population |
National | Endangered | October 2002, status re-examined and confirmed May 2003 |
| Oncorhynchus nerka | Sockeye Sakinaw Population |
National | Endangered | October 2002, status re-examined and confirmed May 2003 |
| Oncorhynchus clarki clarki | Cutthroat trout Coastal |
Province of British Columbia | Blue | March 2000 |
| Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi | Cutthroat trout Westslope |
Province of British Columbia | Blue | March 2000 |
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull trout | Province of British Columbia | Blue | Unknown |
| Salvelinus malma | Dolly Varden | Province of British Columbia | Blue | Unknown |
Japan Listings
| Scientific name | Common name/ subspecies/population |
Listing Authority | Listing status | Listing Date |
| Hucho perryi | Sakhalin taimen | National | Endangered | 1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Vulnerable. |
| Hucho perryi | Ito Japanese Huchen |
Hokkaido Prefecture | Critically Endangered | 2000; Listed as Vulnerable in 1991, Endangered in 1997. |
| Oncorhynchus masou subsp. (rhodurus) | Masu, amago | National | Near Threatened | 1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Rare. |
| Oncorhynchus masou masou | Masu, Kanto Region | National | Threatened Local Population | 1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Locally Threatened Population. |
| Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae | Masu, western Japan | National | Threatened Local Population | 1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Locally Threatened Population. |
| Salvelinus malma krascheninnikovi | Dolly Varden, Southern | National | Near Threatened | 1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Rare. |
| Oncorhynchus nerka kawamurae | Kokanee, endemic form | National | Extinct | Unknown. |
| Oncorhynchus nerka | Sockeye | Hokkaido Prefecture | Critically Endangered | 2000. |
| Salvelinus leucomaenis imbrius | White-spotted char, Chugoku District | National | Threatened Local Population | 1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Vulnerable. |
| Salvelinus leucomaenis japonicus | White-spotted char, Totsukawa River, Honshu Island | National | Threatened Local Population | 1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Endangered. |
| Salvelinus malma miyabei | Dolly Varden, landlocked, Lake Shikaribetsu, Hokkaido | National | Near Threatened | 1999; Originally listed in 1991 as Rare. |
Russia Listings
| Scientific name | Common name/ subspecies/population |
Listing Authority | Listing status | Listing Date |
| Parahucho perryi (Hucho perryi) |
Taimen, Sakhalin | National | Category 2 | 1997 |
| Parasalmo mykiss (Oncorhyncus mykiss) |
Steelhead, Shantar Islands |
National | Category 3 | 1985 |
| Parasalmo penshinensis (Oncorhyncus mykiss) |
Steelhead, Kamchatka Peninsula |
Northern Far East of Russia | Category 2 | 1998 |
| Parasalmo mykiss (Oncorhyncus mykiss) |
Steelhead, Shantar Islands |
Khabarovsk Territory | Category 3 | 2000 |
| Oncorhyncus masou | Masu, Estuary of Amur River Shores of Sea of Okhostk Littoral area of Tartar |
Khabarovsk Territory | Category 2 | 2000 |
| Oncorhyncus masou | Masu, Kamchatka Peninsula |
Northern Far East of Russia | Category 3 | 1998 |
| Salvelinus boganidae | Charr, Boganida Taimyr Peninsula |
Northern Far East of Russia | Category 3 | 1998 |
U.S. Listings
| Scientific name | Common name/ subspecies/population |
Listing Authority | Listing status | Listing 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 |
National | Threatened | May 1997, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus kisutch | Coho, Oregon Coast ESU |
National | Threatened | 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 |
National | Endangered | January 1994, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook, Sacramento River Winter-run ESU |
State of California | Endangered | September 1989 |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook, Snake River Fall-run ESU |
National | Threatened | April 1992, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook, Snake River Fall-run ESU |
State of Oregon | Threatened | December 2000 |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook, Snake River Spring/Summer-run ESU |
National | Threatened | April 1992, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook, Snake River Spring/Summer-run ESU |
State of Oregon | Threatened | December 2000 |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook, Puget Sound ESU |
National | Threatened | March 1999, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook, Lower Columbia River ESU |
National | Threatened | March 1999, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook, Upper Willamette River ESU |
National | Threatened | March 1999, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook, Upper Columbia River Spring-run ESU |
National | Endangered | March 1999, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook, Central Valley Spring-run ESU |
National | Threatened | September 1999, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook, Central Valley Spring-run ESU |
State of California | Threatened | February 1999 |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook, California Coastal ESU |
National | Threatened | September 1999, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus keta | Chum, Hood Canal Summer-run ESU |
National | Threatened | March 1999, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus keta | Chum, Columbia River ESU |
National | Threatened | March 1999, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus nerka | Sockeye, Snake River ESU |
National | Endangered | November 1991, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus nerka | Sockeye, Ozette lake ESU |
National | Threatened | March 1999, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Steelhead, Southern California ESU |
National | Endangered | August 1997, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Steelhead, South-Central California Coast ESU |
National | Threatened | August 1997, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Steelhead, Central California Coast ESU |
National | Threatened | August 1997, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Steelhead, Upper Columbia River ESU |
National | Endangered | August 1997, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Steelhead, Snake River Basin ESU |
National | Threatened | August 1997, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Steelhead, Lower Columbia River ESU |
National | Threatened | March 1998, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Steelhead, California Central Valley ESU |
National | Threatened | March 1998, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Steelhead, California Central Valley ESU |
State of California | Endangered | October 1980 |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Steelhead, Upper Willamette ESU |
National | Threatened | March 1999, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Steelhead, Middle Columbia River ESU |
National | Threatened | March 1999, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Steelhead, Northern California ESU |
National | Threatened | June 2000, Currently under reassessment |
| Oncorhynchus clarki clarki | Trout, Coastal cutthroat, Umpqua River (Oregon) |
National | Delisted | Delisted April 2000 (Taxonomic revision based on improved understanding). Originally listed as Endangered, September 1996 |
| Oncorhynchus gilae | Gila Trout | National | Endangered | March 1967 |
| Oncorhynchus clarki stomias | Greenback Cutthroat Trout | National | Threatened | March 1967 |
| Oncorhynchus clarki seleniris | Paiute cutthroat trout | National | Threatened | March 1967 |
| Oncorhynchus apache | Apache Trout | National | Threatened | March 1967 |
| Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi | Lahontan Cutthroat Trout | National | Threatened | October 1970 |
| Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi | Lahontan Cutthroat Trout | State of Oregon | Threatened | December 2000 |
| Oncorhynchus aguabonita whitei | Golden Trout, Little Kern golden | National | Threatened | April 1978 |
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | National | Threatened | June 1998 |
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull trout | State of California | Threatened | December 1993 |
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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. |
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