[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR223.102]

[Page 109-111]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                      SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND
                       ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION,
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 223--THREATENED MARINE AND ANADROMOUS SPECIES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 223.102  Enumeration of threatened marine and anadromous species.

    The species determined by the Secretary of Commerce to be threatened 
pursuant to section 4(a) of the Act, as well as species listed under the 
Endangered Species Conservation of 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. (1) Snake River spring/summer 
chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Includes all natural 
population(s) of spring/summer chinook salmon in the mainstem Snake 
River and any of the following subbasins: Tucannon River,

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Grande Ronde River, Imnaha River, and Salmon River.
    (2) Snake River fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). 
Includes all natural population(s) of fall chinook in the mainstem Snake 
River and any of the following subbasins: Tucannon River, Grande Ronde 
River, Imnaha River, Salmon River, and Clearwater River.
    (3) Central California Coast Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). 
Includes all coho salmon naturally reproduced in streams between Punta 
Gorda in Humboldt County, CA, and the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz 
County, CA.
    (4) Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast coho salmon 
(Oncorhynchus kisutch). Includes all coho salmon naturally reproduced in 
streams between Cape Blanco in Curry County, OR, and Punta Gorda in 
Humboldt County, CA.
    (5) Central California Coast steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). 
Includes all naturally spawned populations of steelhead (and their 
progeny) in streams from the Russian River to Aptos Creek, Santa Cruz 
County, California (inclusive), and the drainages of San Francisco and 
San Pablo Bays eastward to the Napa River (inclusive), Napa County, 
California. Excludes the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Basin of the 
Central Valley of California.
    (6) South-Central California Coast steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). 
Includes all naturally spawned populations of steelhead (and their 
progeny) in streams from the Pajaro River (inclusive), located in Santa 
Cruz County, California, to (but not including) the Santa Maria River.
    (7) Snake River Basin steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Includes all 
naturally spawned populations of steelhead (and their progeny) in 
streams in the Snake River Basin of southeast Washington, northeast 
Oregon, and Idaho.
    (8) Lower Columbia River steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Includes 
all naturally spawned populations of steelhead (and their progeny) in 
streams and tributaries to the Columbia River between the Cowlitz and 
Wind Rivers, Washington, inclusive, and the Willamette and Hood Rivers, 
Oregon, inclusive. Excluded are steelhead in the upper Willamette River 
Basin above Willamette Falls and steelhead from the Little and Big White 
Salmon Rivers in Washington;
    (9) Central Valley, California steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). 
Includes all naturally spawned populations of steelhead (and their 
progeny) in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries. 
Excluded are steelhead from San Francisco and San Pablo Bays and their 
tributaries.
    (10) Oregon Coast coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Includes all 
naturally spawned populations of coho salmon in streams south of the 
Columbia River and north of Cape Blanco in Curry County, OR.
    (11) Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi).
    (12) Hood Canal summer-run chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta). Includes 
all naturally spawned populations of summer-run chum salmon in Hood 
Canal and its tributaries as well as populations in Olympic Peninsula 
rivers between Hood Canal and Dungeness Bay, Washington;
    (13) Columbia River chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta). Includes all 
naturally spawned populations of chum salmon in the Columbia River and 
its tributaries in Washington and Oregon.
    (14) Upper Willamette River steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). 
Includes all naturally spawned populations of winter-run steelhead in 
the Willamette River, Oregon, and its tributaries upstream from 
Willamette Falls to the Calapooia River, inclusive;
    (15) Middle Columbia River steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Includes 
all naturally spawned populations of steelhead in streams from above the 
Wind River, Washington, and the Hood River, Oregon (exclusive), upstream 
to, and including, the Yakima River, Washington. Excluded are steelhead 
from the Snake River Basin.
    (16) Puget sound chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Includes 
all naturally spawned populations of chinook salmon from rivers and 
streams flowing into Puget Sound including the Straits of Juan De Fuca 
from the Elwha River eastward, including rivers and streams flowing into 
Hood Canal, South Sound, North Sound

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and the Strait of Georgia in Washington.
    (17) Lower Columbia River chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). 
Includes all naturally spawned populations of chinook salmon from the 
Columbia River and its tributaries from its mouth at the Pacific Ocean 
upstream to a transitional point between Washington and Oregon east of 
the Hood River and the White Salmon River, and includes the Willamette 
River to Willamette Falls, Oregon, exclusive of spring-run chinook 
salmon in the Clackamas River.
    (18) Upper Willamette River chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 
tshawytscha). Includes all naturally spawned populations of spring-run 
chinook salmon in the Clackamas River and in the Willamette River, and 
its tributaries, above Willamette Falls, Oregon.
    (19) Ozette Lake sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Includes all 
naturally spawned populations of sockeye salmon in Ozette Lake and 
streams and tributaries flowing into Ozette Lake, Washington.
    (20) Central Valley spring-run chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 
tshawytscha). Includes all naturally spawned populations of spring-run 
chinook salmon in the Sacramento River Basin, and its tributaries, 
California.
    (21) California coastal chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). 
Includes all naturally spawned populations of chinook salmon from 
Redwood Creek (Humboldt County, California) through the Russian River 
(Sonoma County, California).
    (22) Northern California steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Includes 
all naturally spawned populations of steelhead (and their progeny) in 
coastal river basins ranging from Redwood Creek in Humboldt County, 
California to the Gualala River, inclusive, in Mendocino County, 
California.
    (b) Marine plants. Johnson's seagrass (Halophila johnsonii).
    (c) Marine mammals. Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi); 
Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), eastern population, which 
consists of all Steller sea lions from breeding colonies located east of 
144[deg] W. longitude.
    (d) Sea turtles. Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) except for those 
populations listed under Sec. 224.101(c) of this chapter; Loggerhead 
turtle (Caretta caretta); Olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) 
except for those populations listed under Sec. 224.101(c) of this 
chapter.
    Note to Sec. 223.201(d): 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.

[64 FR 14068, Mar. 23, 1999, as amended at 64 FR 14328, Mar. 24, 1999; 
64 FR 14517, 14528, 14536, Mar. 25, 1999; 64 FR 50415, Sept. 16, 1999; 
65 FR 36094, June 7, 2000; 65 FR 60383, Oct. 11, 2000]