Endangered Listings
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Below is a compendium of regional and national threatened and endangered listings — which have different conditions for listing subspecies.
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 | Special Concern | March 2000 |
Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi | Cutthroat trout Westslope | Province of British Columbia | Special Concern | 2006; originally listed 2000 |
Salvelinus confluentus | Bull trout | Province of British Columbia | Special Concern | Listed as Vulnerable (now known as Special Concern) in 1996 |
Japan Listings
Scientific name | Common name/ subspecies/population | Listing Authority | Listing status | Listing Date |
Parahucho perryi (Hucho perryi) | Sakhalin taimen | National | Critically Endangered | 2006; Originally listed in 1991 as Vulnerable. |
Parahucho perryi (Hucho perryi) | Ito Japanese Huchen | Hokkaido Prefecture | Critically Endangered | 2006; 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 | Formerly thought extinct; new populations recently found | Rediscovered in 2010. |
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 | Critically Endangered | 2006; originally listed as Category 2 in 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 | Least Concern | 2009; originally listed as Category 3 in 1998 |
U.S. Listings
Scientific name | Common name/ subspecies/population | Listing Authority | Listing status | Listing Date |
Oncorhynchus kisutch | Coho, Central California ESU | National | Endangered | 2005; originally listed as Threatened October 1996 |
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 | 2008; originally listed August 1998 |
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 | Threatened | 2009; listed as Endangered in 2007 |
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 | Threatened | 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 | Steelhead, Puget Sound (Washington) | National | Threatened | May 2007 |
Oncorhynchus mykiss | 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 | 1996; originally listed March 1967 |
Oncorhynchus clarki stomias | Greenback Cutthroat Trout | National | Threatened | March 1967 |
Oncorhynchus clarki seleniris | Paiute cutthroat trout | National | Threatened | Listed as Endangered March 1967; reclassified as threatened 1975 |
Oncorhynchus apache | Apache Trout | National | Critically Endangered | 1996; listed as threatened in March 1967 |
Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi | Lahontan Cutthroat Trout | National | Threatened | 1995; originally listed as Endangered in 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 |
Below are links for each state to review their species' listings. |