50 C.F.R. § 224.101   Enumeration of endangered marine and anadromous species.


Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries


Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 224—ENDANGERED MARINE AND ANADROMOUS SPECIES

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§ 224.101   Enumeration of endangered marine and anadromous species.

The marine and anadromous species determined by the Secretary of Commerce to be endangered pursuant to section 4(a) of the Act, as well as species listed under the Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1969 by the Secretary of the Interior and currently under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce, are the following:

(a) Marine and anadromous fish. The following table lists the common and scientific names of endangered species, the locations where they are listed, and the citations for the listings and critical habitat designations.

 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                Species \1\                                               Citation(s) for        Citation for--------------------------------------------       Where listed               listing          critical habitat     Common name          Scientific name                                determination(s)        designation----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Shortnose sturgeon...  Acipenser             Everywhere..............  32 FR 4001, Mar. 11,  NA.                        brevirostrum.                                   1967.Smalltooth sawfish...  Pristis pectinata...  U.S.A...................  68 FR 15674, Apr. 1,  NA.                                                                        2003.Totoaba..............  Cynoscion macdonaldi  Everywhere..............  44 FR 29480, May 21,  NA.                                                                        1979.Atlantic salmon......  Salmon salar........  U.S.A., ME, Gulf of       65 FR 69459, Nov.     NA.                                              Maine population, which   17, 2000.                                              includes all naturally                                              reproducing populations                                              and those river-                                              specific hatchery                                              populations cultured                                              from them.Snake River sockeye..  Oncorhynchus nerka..  U.S.A., ID, including     56 FR 58619, Nov.     58 FR 68543, Dec.                                              all anadromous and        20, 1991.             28, 1993.                                              residual sockeye salmon  June 28, 2005.......                                              from the Snake River                                              Basin, Idaho, as well                                              as artificially                                              propagated sockeye                                              salmon from the Redfish                                              Lake captive                                              propagation program.Sacramento River       Oncorhynchus          U.S.A., CA, including     52 FR 6041; Feb. 27,  58 FR 33212, June winter-run Chinook.    tshawytscha.          all naturally spawned     1987, 55 FR 49623;    16, 1993.                                              populations of winter-    Nov. 30, 1990. 59                                              run Chinook salmon in     FR 440; Jan. 1,                                              the Sacramento River      1994.                                              and its tributaries in   June 28, 2005.......                                              California, as well as                                              two artificial                                              propagation programs:                                              winter-run Chinook from                                              the Livingston Stone                                              National Fish Hatchery                                              (NFH), and winter run                                              Chinook in a captive                                              broodstock program                                              maintained at                                              Livingston Stone NFH                                              and the University of                                              California Bodega                                              Marine Laboratory.Upper Columbia spring- Oncorhynchus          U.S.A., WA, including     64 FR 14308, Mar.     NA. run Chinook.           tshawytscha.          all naturally spawned     24, 1999.            [vacated 9/29/03;                                              populations of Chinook   June 28, 2005.......   68 FR 55900].                                              salmon in all river                                              reaches accessible to                                              Chinook salmon in                                              Columbia River                                              tributaries upstream of                                              the Rock Island Dam and                                              downstream of Chief                                              Joseph Dam in                                              Washington (excluding                                              the Okanogan River),                                              the Columbia River from                                              a straight line                                              connecting the west end                                              of the Clatsop jetty                                              (south jetty, Oregon                                              side) and the west end                                              of the Peacock jetty                                              (north jetty,                                              Washington side)                                              upstream to Chief                                              Joseph Dam in                                              Washington, as well as                                              six artificial                                              propagation programs:                                              the Twisp River,                                              Chewuch River, Methow                                              Composite, Winthrop                                              NFH, Chiwawa River, and                                              White River spring-run                                              Chinook hatchery                                              programs.Central California     Oncorhynchus kisutch  U.S.A., CA, including     61 FR 56138, Oct.     64 FR 24049, Coast coho.                                  all naturally spawned     31, 1996.             May 5, 1999.                                              populations of coho      June 28, 2005.......                                              salmon from Punta Gorda                                              in northern California                                              south to and including                                              the San Lorenzo River                                              in central California,                                              as well as populations                                              in tributaries to San                                              Francisco Bay,                                              excluding the                                              Sacramento-San Joaquin                                              River system, as well                                              four artificial                                              propagation programs:                                              the Don Clausen Fish                                              Hatchery Captive                                              Broodstock Program,                                              Scott Creek/King Fisher                                              Flats Conservation                                              Program, Scott Creek                                              Captive Broodstock                                              Program, and the Noyo                                              River Fish Station egg-                                              take Program coho                                              hatchery programs.Southern California    Oncorhynchus mykiss.  U.S.A., CA, Distinct      62 FR 43937, Aug.     70 FR 52488, Steelhead.                                   Population Segment        18, 1997.             Sept. 2, 2005.                                              including all naturally   O='xl'>Jan. 5, 2006                                              spawned anadromous O.                                              mykiss (steelhead)                                              populations below                                              natural and manmade                                              impassable barriers in                                              streams from the Santa                                              Maria River, San Luis                                              Obispo County,                                              California, (inclusive)                                              to the U.S.-Mexico                                              Border.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Species includes taxonomic species, subspecies, distinct population segments (DPSs) (for a policy statement,  see 61 FR 4722, February 7, 1996), and evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) (for a policy statement, see 56  FR 58612, November 20, 1991).

(b) Marine mammals. Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus); Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus); Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis); Chinese river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer); Cochito (Phocoena sinus); Fin or finback whale (Balaenoptera physalus); Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi); Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae); Indus River dolphin (Platanista minor); Killer whale (Orcinus orca), Southern Resident distinct population segment, which consists of whales from J, K and L pods, wherever they are found in the wild, and not including Southern Resident killer whales placed in captivity prior to listing or their captive born progeny; Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus); Right whales (Eubalaena spp.); Saimaa seal (Phoca hispida saimensis); Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis); Sperm whale (Physeter catodon); Western North Pacific (Korean) gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus); Steller sea lion, western population, (Eumetopias jubatus), which consists of Stellar sea lions from breeding colonies located west of 144° W. longitude.

(c) Sea turtles. Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) breeding colony populations in Florida and on the Pacific coast of Mexico; Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata); Kemp's ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempii); Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea); Olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) breeding colony population on the Pacific coast of Mexico.

Note to §224.101(c): Jurisdiction for sea turtles by the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, is limited to turtles while in the water.

(d) Marine invertebrates. White abalone (Haliotis sorenseni).

[64 FR 14066, Mar. 23, 1999, as amended 64 FR 14328, Mar. 24, 1999; 65 FR 20918, Apr. 19, 2000; 65 FR 69481, Nov. 17, 2000; 66 FR 29055, May 29, 2001; 67 FR 21598, May 1, 2002; 68 FR 15680, Apr. 1, 2003; 70 FR 37203, June 28, 2005; 70 FR 69912, Nov. 18, 2005; 71 FR 861, Jan. 5, 2006]

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