UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE 

1201 NE Lloyd Boulevard. Suite 1100 

PORTLAND. OREGON 97232·1274 

RECE,IVED March 30, 2009 

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OFFICE Of ECOSYSTEMS 

Richard B. Parkin TRIBAL 8; PUBUC AFFAIRR 

Acting Director, Office of Ecosystems, Tribal, and Public Affairs 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 

1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900 

Seattle, Washington 98101-3140 

Re: 	 Species List Request for the Designation of an Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site in 

the Pacific Ocean off ofthe mouth of the Siuslaw River, Oregon 

Dear Mr. Parkin: 

On February 23, 2009, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received your letter 

requesting a list of endangered and threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 

designation of essential fish habitat (EFH), and marine mammals that may be present in the 

project area for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency designation of an ocean dredge 

material disposal site in the Pacific Ocean off of the Siuslaw River, Oregon, under the Marine 

Protection, Research and Sanctuary Act of 1972, as amended. 

A list of all threatened and endangered species under the ESA within NMFS' jurisdiction in the 

proposed action area is included below (Table 1). 

This letter constitutes the required notification ofthe presence of a Federally-listed threatened or 

endangered species or critical habitat under NMFS' jurisdiction in the area that may be affected 

by the proposed project (Appendix A to Part 330, section C.13(5)(I». 

The ESA section 7 context aside, please be aware that all marine mammals are protected under 

the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMP A) regardless of whether they are endangered, 

threatened, or depleted. If the taking ofthese non-listed marine mammals is anticipated, a small 

take authorization should be sought under section 101(a)(5)(D) ofthe MMPA, to avoid taking in 

violation of the statute. More information on the MMP A may be found on our website at: 

Vvww.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/laws/mmpa.htm. 
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Table 1. Endangered and threatened species under the ESA within the project vicinity. 

Common Name Scientific 

E 11118/2005; 

70 FR69903 

E 12/0211970; 

35 FR 18319 

E 12/02/1970; 

35 FR 18319 

E 12/0211970; 

35 FR 18319 

E 12/0211970; 

35FRI8319 

E 12/0211970; 

35 FR 18319 

E 6/211970; 

coriacea 35 FR 8491 

Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta T 7/2811978; 

43 FR 32800 

Green sea turtle Chelonia E,T 

mydas 7/28/1978; 43 

FR32800 

• Olive ridley sea turtle 

Southern Oregon / Northern California Coasts 

Oregon Coast 

E 7/2811978; 

~=S:~~;:::::;~"""'7~'ci:;FR 37160 

5/5/99; 64 FR 

24049 

2111/08, 73 FR 

7816 

43 FR32800 

T 6128/05; 70 

FR 37160 

9/02/05; 70 FR 

52630 

• Upper Willamette River spring-run T 6/28/05; 70 

FR 37160 

9/02/05; 70 FR 

52630 

Upper Columbia River spring-run E 6/28/05; 70 

FR 37160 

9/02/05; 70 FR 

52630 

Snake River spring/summer run T 6/28/05; 70 

FR 37160 

10/25/99; 64 FR 

57399 

Snake River fall-run T 6/28/05; 70 12/28/93; 58 FR 

68543 
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The Pacific Fisheries Management Council, which was established under the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management Act, described and identified EFH in each of its fisheries 

management plans. EFH includes "those waters and substrates necessary to fish for spawning, 

breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity." The project area is designated EFH for Pacific 

salmon, groundfish, and coastal pelagic species (Enclosure). 

Please refer to section 7 ofthe ESA and its implementing regulations (50 CFR Part 402) for 

information on interagency consultation. Additional information on listed species' distribution, 

copies ofFederal Register documents designating listed species status, and links to various ESA 

consultation policies and tools may be found on our website at: \vww.nwr.noaa.gov. 

Please direct any questions regarding this letter to Bridgette Lohrman, fishery biologist in the 

Northern Oregon Coast/Lower Columbia Habitat Branch ofthe Oregon State Habitat Office at 

503.230.5422. 

Sincerely, 

~ ~ ~( Kim atz 

Director, Oregon State Habitat Office 

Habitat Conservation Division 

Enclosure: Species with designated EFH within the project vicinity. 
Enclosure. Species with designated EFH in the project area. 

Groundfish 


Species ISpecies Scientific . I I 


Common Name Name I Lifestage Activity Prey 

Arrowtooth 

flounder 

Bank rockfish 

Big skate 

Black rockfish 

Blue rockfish 

Bocaccio 

Brown rockfish 

Butter sole 

Cabezon 

California skate 

Canary rockfish 

Chilipepper 

China rockfish 

Copper rockfish 

Cowcod 

Curlfin sole 

Darkblotched 

rockfish 

Dusky rockfish 

English sole 

Flathead sole 

Atheresthes 

stomias 

Sebastes rufos 

Raja binoculata 

Sebastes 

melanops 

Sebastes mystinus 

Sebastes 

paucispinis 

Sebastes 

auriculatus 

isopsetta isolepis 

Scorpaenichthys 

marmoratus 

Raja inornata 

Sebastes pinniger 

Sebastes goodei 

Sebastes 

nebulosus 

Sebastes caurinus 

Sebastes levis 

Pleuronichthys 

decurrens 

Sebastes crameri 

Sebastes 

variabilis 

Parophrys vetulus 

lIippoglossoides 

elassodon 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Larvae 

Juveniles 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Eggs 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Adults 

Adults 

All 

All 

All 

Feeding, 

growth to 

maturity 

All 

Feeding 

Feeding 

Feeding 

Unknown 

Unknown 

All 

Feeding 

Feeding 

All 

All 

All 

Feeding, 

growth to 

maturity 

All 

All 

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Clupeids, Gadids,krill, Shrimp, Theragra 

chalcogramma 

gelatinous plankton, krill, Small fishes, 

tunicates 

Crustaceans, Fish 

Amphipods, Cephalopods, Clupeids, 

Euphausiids, Mysids, polychaetes, salps 

Amphipods, barnacle cypriots, Copepods, 

crustacean zoea, fish larvae, Mysids, 

polychaetes 

algae, crab, fish juveniles, fish larvae, hydroids, 

jellyfish, krill, salps, tunicates 

algae, Copepods, crab, Euphausiids, fish 

juveniles, hydroids, krill, salps, tunicates 

Copepods, Euphausiids 

Crabs, Fish, isopods, polychaetes, Shrimp 

Amphipods, Decapod crustaceans, Fish, 

Molluscs, polychaetes, Sea stars, Shrimp 

Crabs, Fish eggs, Lobsters, Molluscs, Small 

fishes 

Euphausiids, Fish, krill 

Clupeids, Euphausiids, Merluccius productus, 

Squids 

Copepods, Euphausiids 

Brittle Stars, Chitons, Crab larvae, Crabs, Fish, 

Octopi, Shrimp 

Crustaceans, Fish, Molluscs, Shrimp 

Fish, Octopi, Squids 

Crustacean eggs, Echiurid proboscises, 

Nudibranchs, polychaetes 

Amphipods, Euphausiids, Octopi, salps, Small 

fishes 

Amphipods, Crustaceans, Cumaceans, 

Molluscs, Ophiuroids, polychaetes 

Amphipods, Copepods, Cumaceans, Molluscs, 

Mysids, polychaetes 

Clupeids, Fish, Molluscs, Mysids, polychaetes, 

Shrimp 

Species with Designated EFH 
Groundflsh 

Sebastes 

Grass rockfish rastrelliger 

Hexagrammos 

Kelp greenling decagrammus 

Ophiodon 

Lingcod elongatus 

Longnose skate Raja rhina 

Gadus 

Pacific cod macrocephalus 

Merluccius 

Pacific hake productus 

Pacific ocean 

perch Sebastes alutus 

Cithar ichthys 

Pacific sanddab sordidus 

Petrale sole Eopsetta jordani 

Quillback 

rockfish Sebastes maNger 

Redstripe 

rockfish Sebastes proriger 

Glyptocephalus 

Rex sole zachirus 

Lepidopsetta 

Rock sole bilineata 

Rosethom Sebastes 

rockfish helvomaculatus 

Rosy rockfish Sebastes rosaceus 

Rougheye Sebastes 

rockfish aleutianus 

A noplopom a 

Sablefish fimbria 

Psettichthys 

Sand sole melanostictus 

Sharpchin Sebastes 

Adults 

Adults 

Larvae 

Adults 

Larvae 

Adults 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Larvae 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Larvae 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Adults 

All 

Unknown 

Feeding 

All 

All 

All 

All 

All 

All 

All 

All 

All 

All 

Growth to 

Maturity, 

feeding 

Growth to 

Maturity 

Feeding 

All 

Growth to 

Maturity, 

feeding 

Feeding 

Cephalopods, Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish, 

gastropod, Shrimp 

Brittle Stars, Crabs, Octopi, Shrimp, Small 

fishes, Snails, Worms 

Amphipods, Brachyuran, Copepod naupJii, 

Copepods, Euphausiids, fish larvae 

Demersal fishjuvenile crab,Octopi,Squids 

Amphipods, Copepod eggs,Copepod nauplii, 

Copepods, decapod larvae, Euphausiids 

Amphipods, Crabs, Mysids, Sandlance, Shrimp, 

Theragra chalcogramma 

Amphipods, Copepods, Crabs, Shrimp 

Cope pods 

Amphipods, Clupeids, Crabs, Merluccius 

productus, Rockfish, Squids 

Euphausiids 

Copepods, Euphausiids, Mysids, Shrimp, Small 

fishes, Squids 

Copepods, Euphausiids 

Clupeids, Crab larvae, Octopi, Squids 

Eopsetta jordani, Euphausiids, Ophiuroids, 

Pelagic fishes, Shrimp 

Amphipods, Clupeids, Crabs, Euphausiids, fish 

juveniles, Molluscs, polychaetes, Shrimp 

Clupeids,fish juveniles, Squids 

Cumaceans, Euphausiids, Larvacea,polychaetes 

echinoderms, Echiurans, Fish,Molluscs, 

polychaetes, tunicates 

Amphipods, Copepods, Euphausiids 

Crabs, Shrimp 

Amphipods, Cephalopods, Copepods, Demersal 

fish, Euphausiids, krill, Small fishes, Squids, 

tunicates 

Copepod eggs, Copepod nauplii, Copepods 

Clupeids, Crabs, Fish, Molluscs, Mysids, 

polychaetes, Shrimp 

Euphausiids, Molluscs, Mysids, polychaetes, 

Shrimp 

Amphipods,Copepods,Euphausiids,Shrimp,Sm 

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Species with Designated EFH 
Groundfish 

rockfish zacentrus 

Shortraker 

rockfish Sebastes borealis 

Shortspine Sebastolobus 

thomyhead alascanus 

Silvergray Sebastes 

rockfish brevispinis 

Galeorhinus 

Soupfin shark gale us 

Spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias 

Sebastes 

Splitnose rockfish diploproa 

Hydrolagus 

Spotted ratfish colliei 

Platichthys 

Starry flounder stellatus 

Stripetail rockfish Sebastes saxicola 

Sebastes 

Tiger rockfish nigrocinctus 

Vermilion 

rockfish Sebastes minialUs 

Sebastes 

Widow rockfish entomelas 

Yelloweye Sebastes 

rockfish ruberrimus 

Yellowtail 

rockfish Sebastes jlavidus 

Juveniles 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Larvae 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Adults 

Adults 

Adults 

Juveniles 

Adults 

Adults 

Feeding 

All 

Feeding 

Growth to 

Maturity 

Feeding 

Growth to 

Maturity 

Feeding 

All 

Growth to 

Maturity, 

feeding 

Feeding 

Feeding 

Feeding, 

growth to 

maturity 

All 

All 

all fishes 

Amphipods, Copepods, Euphausiids, Shrimp, 

Small fishes 

Bathylagids, Cephalopods, Decapod 

crustaceans, Fish,Molluscs, Myctophids, 

Mysids,Shrimp 

Amphipods, Copepods, Crabs, Fish, 

polychaetes, Sebastolobus alascanus, 

Sebastolobus altivelis, Shrimp 

Fish, Invertebrates 

Fish, Invertebrates 

Invertebrates, Pelagic fishes 

Amphipods, Cladocerans, Copepods 

algae, Amphipods, Annelids, Brittle Stars, Fish, 


Hydrolagus colliei, Molluscs, Nudibranchs, 


Opisthobranchs, Ostracods, Small Crustacea, 


Squids 


algae, Amphipods, Annelids, Brittle Stars, Fish, 


Hydrolagus colliei, Molluscs, Nudibranchs, 


Opisthobranchs, Ostracods, Small Crustacea, 


Squids 


Crabs, fish juveniles, Molluscs, polychaetes 


Amphipods, Copepods, polychaetes 


Copepods, Euphausiids 


Copepods 


Amphipods, Clupeids, Crabs, fish juveniles, 


Juvenile rockfish, Shrimp 


Clupeids, Juvenile rockfish, krill, Octopi, 


Squids 


Amphipods, Copepods, Euphausiids, 


Merluccius productus, salps, Shrimp, Squids 


Clupeids, Cottids, Crabs, Gadids, Juvenile 


rockfish, Sea Urchin, Shrimp, Snails 


Clupeids, Euphausiids, krill, Merluccius 


productus, Mysids, salps, Squids, tunicates 


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Species with Designated EFH 
Coho Salmon 

Chinook Salmon 

Pacific Sardine 

Pacific (Chub) 

Mackerel 

Northern 

Anchovy 

Jack Mackerel 

California Market 

Squid 

Pacific Salmon 

Oncorhynchus 

kisutch 

Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha 

Coastal Pelagic Species 

Sardinops sagax 

Scomber 

japonicus 

Engraulis mordax 

Trachurus 

symmetricus 

Loligo opalescens 

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Species with Designated EFH