Status Review of Five Rockfish Species in Puget Sound, Washington: Bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis), Canary Rockfish (S. ruberrimus), Yelloweye Rockfish (S. ruberrimus), Greenstriped Rockfish (S. elongatus), and Redstripe Rockfish (S. proriger)

摘要

This report describes the conclusions of the National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) Puget Sound Rockfish Biological Review Team (BRT) on the status of five species of rockfish--bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis), canary rockfish (S. pinniger), yelloweye rockfish (S. ruberrimus), greenstriped rockfish (S. elongatus) and redstripe rockfish (S. proriger)in Puget Sound, Washington, under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA). The BRT has determined that populations of each of the five species in either Puget Sound Proper (inland marine waters south and east of Admiralty Inlet) or Puget Sound/Georgia Basin (inland marine waters east of the central Strait of Juan de Fuca and south of the northern Strait of Georgia) are a species under the ESA, as they meet the biological criteria to be considered a distinct population segment (DPS) as defined by the joint U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-NMFS interagency policy of 1996 on vertebrate distinct population segments under the ESA. Specifically, based on information related to rockfish life history, genetic variation among populations, and the environmental and ecological features of Puget Sound and the Georgia Basin, the BRT has identified a Puget Sound/Georgia Basin DPS for bocaccio, canary rockfish, and yelloweye rockfish and a Puget Sound Proper DPS for greenstriped rockfish and redstripe rockfish.