NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ISSUES NOTICE: ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS; NOTICE OF 12-MONTH FINDING ON A PETITION TO LIST GULF OF ALASKA CHINOOK SALMON AS THREATENED OR ENDANGERED UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a notice called: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of 12-Month Finding on a Petition to List Gulf of Alaska Chinook Salmon as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 14 by Samuel D. Rauch III, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Summary: We, NMFS, announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list one or more Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) of Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In response to the petition subm...