CHUM SALMON
Oncorhynchus keta

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 COLUMBIA RIVER ESU
LISTED THREATENED
March 1999

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ESU* STATUS AND DESCRIPTION:  Listed as a threatened species on March 25, 1999.  The ESU includes all naturally spawned populations of chum salmon in the Columbia River and its tributaries in Washington and Oregon.

* An Evolutionarily Significant Unit or "ESU" is a distinctive group of Pacific salmon, steelhead, or sea-run cutthroat trout.

CRITICAL HABITAT:
Current Status - Under development. On April 30, 2002, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia approved a NMFS consent decree withdrawing a February 2000 critical habitat designation for this and 18 other ESUs.

PROTECTIVE REGULATIONS: On July 10, 2000, NMFS published a final rule that identifies
several exceptions to the Endangered Species Act's Section 9 take prohibitions.

ESU MAPS AND DATA:

• View Detailed Columbia River Chum ESU Map (346K pdf)
• View Range Map for all Chum ESUs
• Download Chum salmon ESU data in Arc/Info export and shape file format.
• Download E-sized plot files of West Coast chum salmon listings in RTL file format for large format plotters.

STATUS REVIEW UPDATE MEMOS:
Conclusions Regarding the Updated Status of the Columbia River Chum Salmon ESU and Hood Canal Summer-run Chum Salmon ESU, 2/12/99 (2.1 mb pdf)
Evaluation of the Status of Chinook and Chum Salmon and Steelhead and Steelhead Hatchery Populations for ESUs Identified in Final Listing Determinations, 3/4/99 (5.8 mb pdf)

FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES:
View Federal Register Notices for Chum Salmon

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