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