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

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- 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 the Washington Coast Chinook Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 19 by Sarah Malloy, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Summary: NMFS has completed a comprehensive status review of the Washington Coast (WC) Chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) in response to a petition to list this species as threatened or endangered under...