Hood Canal Summer-run Chum

ESA Listing Status: Threatened on June 28, 2005 295kb

ESU Definition: This evolutionarily significant unit, or ESU, includes all naturally spawned populations of summer-run chum salmon in Hood Canal and its tributaries, plus populations in Olympic Peninsula rivers between Hood Canal and Dungeness Bay, Wash., and eight artificial propagation programs:

• Quilcene National Fish Hatchery
• Hamma Hamma Fish Hatchery
• Lilliwaup Creek Fish Hatchery
• Union River/Tahuya
• Big Beef Creek Fish Hatchery
• Salmon Creek Fish Hatchery
• Chimacum Creek Fish Hatchery
• Jimmycomelately Creek Fish Hatchery 

Current Population Trends:

• Salmon Population Trend Summaries
• Salmon Population Summary Database
• 5-Year Salmon Status Review 1.4MB

Critical Habitat: Designated Sept. 2, 2005 600kb

• Supporting Information

Protective Regulations: Issued June 28, 2005 295kb

Chum Salmon Status Reviews

Chum Salmon Federal Register Notices

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