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12-22-2016

Oncorhynchus gilae

Oncorhynchus gilae NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

ITIS Reports — Oncorhynchus gilae ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. The Gila trout is a species of salmonid, related to the rainbow, native to the Southwest United States. Prior to 2006 the Gila trout was federally listed as endangered. In July 2006, after much work by the Game and Fish departments in New Mexico and Arizona, the US Forest Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Gila trout was down-listed to threatened, with a special provision called a “4d rule” that will allow limited sport fishing – for the first time in nearly half a century. This possibility is distinct: there may be no one alive today that has legally angled a pure Gila trout from its native waters. By the time the Gila trout was closed to fishing in the 1950s, its numbers and range were so depleted and so reduced this copper-colored trout simply wasn’t very accessible to anglers. As of 2011 there is fishing in both states for this fish.

Detailed information
Full Name: Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Fishes
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Threatened 03/11/1967 Southwest Region (Region 2) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Gila trout, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Arizona , New Mexico
  • US Counties in which the Gila trout, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the Gila trout.
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Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
09/10/2003 Revised Recovery Plan for the Gila Trout (Oncorhynchus gilae) (Third Revision) View Implementation Progress Final Revision 3
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Citation Page
Title
07/18/2006 71 FR 40657 40674 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of the Gila Trout (Oncorhynchus gilae) From Endangered to Threatened; Special Rule for Gila Trout in New Mexico and Arizona
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Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
09/10/2003 Revised Recovery Plan for the Gila Trout (Oncorhynchus gilae) (Third Revision) View Implementation Progress Final Revision 3
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Citation Page
Title
Document Type
03/29/2010 75 FR 15454 15456 5-Year Status Reviews of 14 Southwestern Species
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
09/10/2003 68 FR 53386 53387 Notice of Availability of the Final Revised Recovery Plan for the Gila Trout (Oncorhynchus gilae)
  • Notice Final Recovery Plan Availability
04/09/2002 67 FR 17089 Notice of Availability of the Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the Gila Trout (Oncorhynchus gilae)
  • Notice Draft Recovery Plan Availability
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