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Species of concern in the Salish Sea
The following list is drawn from a 2016 paper written by Joe Gaydos and Jacqlynn Zier of the SeaDoc Society that discusses the increase in species of concern in the Salish Sea. As of December 1, 2015, there were 125 species at risk in the Salish Sea, more than twice the number of species at risk when the indicator was first established in 2002. The paper was presented at the 2016 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, April 13 - April 15, 2016, Vancouver, BC. Read more and download the paper.
The Salish Sea ranges from the Strait of Georgia and Desolation Sound in Canada to the boundaries of Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. View a map of the Salish Sea watershed.
Displaying 1 - 100 of 127 matching species:
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[no common name]
(Anarta edwardsii) -
American Avocet
(Recurvirostra americana) -
American Bittern
(Botaurus lentiginosus) -
American Golden-Plover
(Pluvialis dominica) -
American Kestrel
(Falco sparverius) -
American Peregrine Falcon
(Falco peregrinus anatum) -
American Shad
(Alosa sapidissima) -
American White Pelican
(Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) -
Ancient Murrelet
(Synthliboramphus antiquus) -
Baird's Beaked Whale
(Berardius bairdii) -
Bald Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) -
Band-tailed Pigeon
(Patagioenas fasciata) -
Basking Shark
(Cetorhinus maximus) -
Black Rockfish
(Sebastes melanops) -
Black Scoter
(Melanitta americana) -
Black-footed Albatross
(Phoebastria nigripes) -
Black-legged Kittiwake
(Rissa tridactyla) -
Bluntnose Sixgill Shark
(Hexanchus griseus) -
Bocaccio
(Sebastes paucispinis) -
Brandt's Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) -
Brant
(Branta bernicla) -
Brown Bear
(Ursus arctos) -
Brown Pelican
(Pelecanus occidentalis) -
Brown Rockfish
(Sebastes auriculatus) -
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
(Tryngites subruficollis) -
Bull Trout
(Salvelinus confluentus) -
Buller's Shearwater
(Puffinus bulleri) -
California Gull
(Larus californicus) -
Canary Rockfish
(Sebastes pinniger) -
Caspian Tern
(Hydroprogne caspia) -
Cassin's Auklet
(Ptychoramphus aleuticus) -
China Rockfish
(Sebastes nebulosus) -
Chinook Salmon - Puget Sound
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 15) -
Chum Salmon
(Oncorhynchus keta) -
Chum Salmon - Hood Canal Summer Run
(Oncorhynchus keta pop. 2) -
Clark's Grebe
(Aechmophorus clarkii) -
Coastal Cutthroat Trout
(Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) -
Coho Salmon - Interior Fraser Population
(Oncorhynchus kisutch pop. 7 ) -
Common Loon
(Gavia immer) -
Common Murre
(Uria aalge) -
Common Scoter
(Melanitta nigra) -
Copper Rockfish
(Sebastes caurinus) -
Cuvier's Beaked Whale
(Ziphius cavirostris) -
Darkblotched Rockfish
(Sebastes crameri) -
Double-crested Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax auritus) -
Dusky Canada Goose
(Branta canadensis occidentalis) -
Eared Grebe
(Podiceps nigricollis) -
Eulachon
(Thaleichthys pacificus) -
Fin Whale
(Balaenoptera physalus) -
Flesh-footed Shearwater
(Puffinus carneipes) -
Forster's Tern
(Sterna forsteri) -
Gooseneck Barnacle
(Pollicipes polymerus) -
Gray Whale
(Eschrichtius robustus) -
Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias) -
Green Heron
(Butorides virescens) -
Green Sea Turtle
(Chelonia mydas) -
Green Sturgeon
(Acipenser medirostris) -
Greenstriped Rockfish
(Sebastes elongatus) -
Gyrfalcon
(Falco rusticolus) -
Harbor Porpoise
(Phocoena phocoena) -
Horned Grebe
(Podiceps auritus) -
Horned Puffin
(Fratercula corniculata) -
Hudsonian Godwit
(Limosa haemastica) -
Humpback Whale
(Megaptera novaeangliae) -
Killdeer
(Charadrius vociferus) -
Killer Whale
(Orcinus orca) -
Killer Whale - Northeast Pacific Offshore Population
(Orcinus orca pop. 2) -
Killer Whale - Northeast Pacific Southern Resident Population
(Orcinus orca pop. 5) -
Killer Whale - Northeast Pacific Transient Population
(Orcinus orca pop. 3) -
Leatherback Sea Turtle
(Dermochelys coriacea pop. 1 ) -
Long-billed Curlew
(Numenius americanus) -
Long-billed Dowitcher
(Limnodromus scolopaceus) -
Long-tailed Duck
(Clangula hyemalis) -
Longfin Smelt
(Spirinchus thaleichthys) -
Marbled Murrelet
(Brachyramphus marmoratus) -
North Pacific Spiny Dogfish
(Squalus suckleyi) -
Northern Elephant Seal
(Mirounga angustirostris) -
Northern Fulmar
(Fulmarus glacialis) -
Northern Fur Seal
(Callorhinus ursinus) -
Northern Sea Otter
(Enhydra lutris kenyoni) -
Olympia Oyster
(Ostrea lurida) -
Pacific Cod
(Gadus macrocephalus) -
Pacific Hake
(Merluccius productus) -
Pacific Herring
(Clupea pallasii) -
Pacific lamprey
(Entosphenus tridentatus) -
Pacific Sardine
(Sardinops sagax) -
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
(Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) -
Parasitic Jaeger
(Stercorarius parasiticus) -
Peale's Peregrine Falcon
(Falco peregrinus pealei) -
Pectoral Sandpiper
(Calidris melanotos) -
Pelagic Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax pelagicus) -
Pink Salmon
(Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) -
Pink-footed Shearwater
(Puffinus creatopus) -
Pinto Abalone
(Haliotis kamtschatkana) -
Purple Martin
(Progne subis) -
Quillback Rockfish
(Sebastes maliger) -
Red Knot
(Calidris canutus) -
Red-necked Phalarope
(Phalaropus lobatus) -
Redstripe Rockfish
(Sebastes proriger) -
River Lamprey
(Lampetra ayresii)
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- Abarenicola sp.
- Abies amabilis - (Pacific Silver Fir)
- Abies concolor - (White Fir)
- Abies grandis - (Grand Fir)
- Abies lasiocarpa - (Subalpine Fir)
- Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa - (Subalpine Fir)
- Abies procera - (Noble Fir)
- Abietinaria sp
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External links
- BirdWeb
- Burke Museum
- Native plant list (King County)
- Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program
- USGS: Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in Puget Sound
- Washington Herp Atlas
- Washington Invasive Species Council
- Washington Natural Heritage Program
- Washington Natural Heritage Program species lists
- World Register of Marine Species
