Thursday February 19, 2026
Northwest Sportsman Magazine —
Another petition to list an important Northwest fish stock under the Endangered Species Act appears to have been shot down by the feds, making for three in the last two and a half months.
In a filing to be posted on the Federal Register tomorrow, the National Marine Fisheries Service says that the Washington Coast Chinook population “does not warrant listing.”
The stock, which includes spring and fall kings from rivers between Willapa Bay and the western Strait of Juan de Fuca, was petitioned for listing back in August 2023 by the Center for Biological Diversity and Pacific Rivers, and in their initial look, NMFS said a listing might be warranted.