Apr. 27, 2010:  NOAA Fisheries announced that it is listing three species of Puget Sound rockfish under the Endangered Species Act (ESA): bocaccio as “endangered,” and canary and yelloweye rockfish as “threatened.” See the documents below for more information, or contact Dan Tonnes, 206-526–4643.

• News release (PDF 81KB)
• Federal Register notice (PDF 107KB)
• References cited in Federal Register notice (PDF 48KB)
• Questions & Answers on Puget Sound rockfish ESA listing
• 2009 revised status review of 5 species of Puget Sound rockfish (PDF 10.9MB)
• 2008 status review of 5 species of Puget Sound rockfish (PDF 3.5MB)
• October 2007 supplemental petition information (PDF 23KB)
• April 2007 petition to list 5 species of Puget Sound rockfish (PDF 78KB)