Aug. 30, 2010: NOAA Fisheries declines petition to list Georgia Basin China & tiger rockfishes under the ESA (PDF 50KB)
April 2010: Sam Wright petitions to list Georgia Basin China & tiger rockfishes under the ESA (PDF 35KB)
Apr. 28, 2010: NOAA Fisheries lists Puget Sound bocaccio as endangered & canary & yelloweye rockfish as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Apr. 23, 2009: NOAA Fisheries proposes to list 3 species of Puget Sound rockfish under the ESA, with bocaccio as "endangered" & canary & yelloweye rockfish as "threatened;" & concludes that listing is not warranted for greenstriped & redstripe rockfish (PDF 988KB)
October 2007: Sam Wright presents supplemental Puget Sound rockfish petition information (PDF 3.5MB)
Oct. 5, 2007: NOAA Fisheries declines petition to list 5 species of Puget Sound rockfish under the ESA (PDF 78KB)
April 2007: Sam Wright petitions to list 5 species of Puget Sound rockfish under the ESA (PDF 78KB)
Jan. 23, 2007: NOAA Fisheries determines that ESA listing is not warranted for Puget Sound copper & quillback rockfish (PDF 93KB)
September 2006: Sam Wright petitions to list copper & quillback rockfish in Puget Sound under the ESA (PDF 52KB)
Apr. 3, 2001: NOAA Fisheries determines that ESA listing is not warranted for Pacific herring & 3 rockfish species (PDF 76KB)
Nov. 24, 2000: NOAA Fisheries determines that ESA listing is not warranted for Pacific cod, hake & walleye pollock (PDF 149KB)
February 1999: Sam Wright petitions to list 18 species of Puget Sound marine fishes under the Endangered Species Act (PDF 2.9MB); NOAA Fisheries says that 7 of the 18 populations merit further consideration