Species Directory
ESA Threatened & Endangered
NOAA Fisheries has jurisdiction over 164 endangered and threatened marine species (79 endangered; 85 threatened), including 65 foreign species (39 endangered; 26 threatened). Â
Additional species are currently under review or have been proposed for Endangered Species Act listing: 0 petitioned species awaiting a 90-day finding, 14 candidate species for ESA listing, 0 proposed species for ESA listing.
Species Name
Species Category
Species, Subspecies, or DPS
Status
Year Listed
Recovery Plan
Critical Habitat
Region
Sebastes paucispinis
Fish
Groundfish
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Fish
Protected Fish
Salmon & Steelhead
Upper Klamath-Trinity River
ESA Candidate
-
-
-
Alaska
West Coast
Central Valley spring-run in the San Joaquin River XN
ESA Experimental Population
-
-
-
Alaska
West Coast
Upper Columbia River spring-run in the Okanogan River subbasin XN
ESA Experimental Population
-
-
-
Alaska
West Coast
Oncorhynchus keta
Fish
Protected Fish
Salmon & Steelhead
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Fish
Protected Fish
Salmon & Steelhead
Thaleichthys pacificus
Fish
Protected Fish
Acipenser medirostris
Fish
Protected Fish
Mycteroperca jordani
Fish
Protected Fish
Throughout Its Range
ESA Endangered
2016
-
West Coast
Carcharhinus longimanus
Fish
Protected Fish
Highly Migratory Fish
Sharks
Throughout Its Range
ESA Threatened
2018
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
Sphyrna lewini
Fish
Protected Fish
Highly Migratory Fish
Sharks
Oncorhynchus nerka
Fish
Protected Fish
Salmon & Steelhead
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Fish
Protected Fish
Salmon & Steelhead
Middle Columbia River XN
ESA Experimental Population
-
-
-
Alaska
West Coast
Sebastes ruberrimus
Fish
Protected Fish