Recovery potential assessment - Okanagan chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) (2019). : Fs70-6/2019-052E-PDF

"Okanagan Chinook were assessed in May 2005 by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) as Endangered, in an Emergency Assessment. This status was re-examined in April 2006 to be Threatened due to the potential for rescue from nearby Upper Columbia River Chinook populations. In 2010, the Federal Minister of Environment recommended that the Okanagan Chinook population not be listed under the Federal Species at Risk Act. Reasons for not listing this population included substantial losses in revenue to the British Columbia (BC) economy and, even in the complete absence of Canadian fisheries exploitation, the recovery potential being low. COSEWIC reassessed the status as Endangered in 2017, stating that rescue via straying from nearby populations is considered unlikely. Okanagan Chinook Salmon are listed by the province of BC as “apparently secure” – not at risk of extinction, however, the Designatable Unit has a relatively high conservation priority under the BC Ministry of Environment Conservation Framework Priority"--Context (page [1]).

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