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Endangered and Threatened Species--Threatened Status for Two Chinook Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Units in California

OGC-00-5, Oct 15, 1999

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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) new rule on the threatened status for two chinook salmon evolutionarily significant units (ESU) in California. GAO noted that: (1) the rule would list two additional ESUs as a threatened species; and (2) NOAA complied with applicable requirements in promulgating the rule.