Species Directory

ESA Threatened & Endangered

NOAA Fisheries has jurisdiction over 165 endangered and threatened marine species (80 endangered; 85 threatened), including 66 foreign species (40 endangered; 26 threatened).

Additional species are currently under review or have been proposed for Endangered Species Act listing: 4 petitioned species awaiting a 90-day finding, 14 candidate species for ESA listing, 1 proposed species for ESA listing.

In the table below, the Region column shows if the species can be found in a NOAA Fisheries region. If the species occurs only in areas beyond the U.S. exclusive economic zone and territorial waters, the region is labeled as Foreign.

Species Name	Species Category	Protected Status
Yelloweye Rockfish Sebastes ruberrimus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Puget Sound/ Georgia Basin DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2010 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast
White Abalone Haliotis sorenseni	Species Category Invertebrates Abalone	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2001 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Not Prudent Region West Coast
Steller Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus	Species Category Seals & Sea Lions	Name of DPS or Stock Western DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1997; 1990 (original) Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Western DPS Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Western DPS Species Status MMPA Strategic --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Foreign
Steelhead Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Southern California DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1997 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock California Central Valley DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1998 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Central California Coast DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1997 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Lower Columbia River DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1998 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Middle Columbia River Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Northern California DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2000 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Puget Sound DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2007 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Snake River Basin DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2006 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock South-Central California Coast DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1997 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Upper Columbia River DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2006; 1997 (original) Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Upper Willamette River DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Middle Columbia River XN Species Status ESA Experimental Population --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Olympic Peninsula DPS Species Status ESA Candidate --- --- --- Region West Coast
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus	Species Category Whales	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1970 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- ---
Sockeye Salmon (Protected) Oncorhynchus nerka	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Snake River ESU Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1991 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Ozette Lake ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast
Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis	Species Category Whales	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1970 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- ---
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna lewini	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Protected Fish Sharks	Name of DPS or Stock Eastern Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2014 --- Critical Habitat No Region West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Eastern Atlantic DPS Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2014 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Central & Southwest Atlantic DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2014 --- Critical Habitat No Region Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Indo-West Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2014 --- Critical Habitat No Region Pacific Islands Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex III --- --- --- ---
Olive Ridley Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea	Species Category Sea Turtles	Name of DPS or Stock Mexico's Pacific coast breeding populations Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1978 Recovery Plan Final --- Region West Coast Name of DPS or Stock All other populations Species Status ESA Threatened --- --- --- Region Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- ---
Oceanic Whitetip Shark Carcharhinus longimanus	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Protected Fish Sharks	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2018 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Not Prudent Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex III --- --- --- ---
North Pacific Right Whale Eubalaena japonica	Species Category Whales	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2008; 1970 (original) Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- ---
Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta	Species Category Sea Turtles	Name of DPS or Stock North Pacific Ocean DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2011 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat No Region Pacific Islands West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Mediterranean Sea DPS Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2011 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Northeast Atlantic Ocean DPS Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2011 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock North Indian Ocean DPS Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2011 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock South Pacific Ocean DPS Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2011 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Northwest Atlantic Ocean DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2011 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock South Atlantic Ocean DPS Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2011 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Southeast Indo-Pacific Ocean DPS Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2011 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Southwest Indian Ocean DPS Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2011 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- ---
Leatherback Turtle Dermochelys coriacea	Species Category Sea Turtles	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1970 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final (U.S. Caribbean) Final (U.S. West Coast) Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- ---
Killer Whale Orcinus orca Also Known As Orca	Species Category Whales Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	Name of DPS or Stock Southern Resident DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2005 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock AT1 Transient stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- ---
Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Species Category Whales	Name of DPS or Stock Central America DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Western North Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska Name of DPS or Stock Arabian Sea DPS Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Cape Verde Islands/Northwest Africa DPS Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Mexico DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Western North Pacific stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Central North Pacific stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Foreign Name of DPS or Stock California, Oregon, Washington stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- ---
Guadalupe Fur Seal Arctocephalus townsendi	Species Category Seals & Sea Lions	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1985 --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- ---
Green Turtle Chelonia mydas	Species Category Sea Turtles	Name of DPS or Stock Central South Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Pacific Islands Name of DPS or Stock Central West Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Pacific Islands Name of DPS or Stock Mediterranean DPS Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Central North Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Pacific Islands Name of DPS or Stock East Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final --- Region West Coast Name of DPS or Stock North Atlantic DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock South Atlantic DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Southeast Name of DPS or Stock East Indian-West Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock North Indian DPS Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Southwest Indian DPS Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Southwest Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- ---
Green Sturgeon Acipenser medirostris	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Southern DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2006 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
Gray Whale Eschrichtius robustus	Species Category Whales	Name of DPS or Stock Western North Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1994; 1970 (original) --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Western North Pacific DPS Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- ---
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus	Species Category Whales	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1970 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- ---
False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens	Species Category Whales Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	Name of DPS or Stock Main Hawaiian Islands Insular DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2012 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Pacific Islands Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Main Hawaiian Islands Insular stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- ---
Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Southern DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2010 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast
Coho Salmon (Protected) Oncorhynchus kisutch	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Central California Coast ESU Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2005; 1996 (original) Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Lower Columbia River ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2005 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Oregon coast ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2008 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Southern Oregon & Northern California coasts ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1997 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast
Chum Salmon (Protected) Oncorhynchus keta	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Columbia River ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Hood Canal summer-run ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast
Chinook Salmon (Protected) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Sacramento River winter-run Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1994 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Upper Columbia River spring-run Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock California coastal Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Central Valley spring-run Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Lower Columbia River Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Puget Sound Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Snake River fall-run Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1992 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Snake River spring/summer-run Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1992 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Upper Willamette River Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2005 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Central Valley spring-run in the San Joaquin River XN Species Status ESA Experimental Population --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Upper Columbia River spring-run in the Okanogan River subbasin XN Species Status ESA Experimental Population --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Central Valley spring-run XN Shasta Species Status ESA Experimental Population --- --- --- Region West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Sacramento winter-run XN Shasta Species Status ESA Experimental Population --- --- --- Region West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Central Valley spring-run XN Yuba Species Status ESA Experimental Population --- --- --- Region West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Upper Klamath-Trinity River Species Status ESA Candidate --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Oregon Coast Species Status ESA Candidate --- --- --- Region West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal Species Status ESA Candidate --- --- --- Region West Coast