§ 227.4 - Enumeration of threatened species.

The species listed as threatened under the Act which are under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce are:

(a) Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) except for those populations listed under 50 CFR 222.23(a).1

(b) Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta ).1

(c) Pacific ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) except for those populations listed under 50 CFR 222.23(a).1

The effective date of the listing of the species in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section is September 6, 1978.

(d) Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi).

(e) Steller (northern) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), eastern population, which consists of all Steller sea lions from breeding colonies located east of 144 °W. longitude.

(f) Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Includes all natural population(s) of spring/summer chinook salmon in the mainstream Snake River and any of the following subbasins: Tucannon River, Grande Ronde River, Imnaha River, and Salmon River.

(g) 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.

(h) Central California Coast Coho Salmon. 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.

(i) 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.

(j) 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;

(k) 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;

(l) 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.

(m) 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;

(n) 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.

(o) Oregon Coast coho salmon (Oncorhynchuskisutch). Includes all naturally spawned populations of coho salmon in streams south of the Columbia River and north of Cape Blanco in Curry County, OR.

(p) Johnson's seagrass (Halophilajohnsonii)