Small coastal fish should be reclassified
Thursday October 11th, 2007 - 10:00:21 am
Dan Reddell Email
Thursday, Oct 11, 2007
Posted on Thu, Oct. 11, 2007
Small fish found along coast should be reclassified as threatened and not endangered, officials say
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is recommending that a small fish found along San Luis Obispo County’s coast be reclassified as threatened, down from endangered.
During a five-year review of the status of the tidewater goby, biologists found that the number of locations where the fish can be found has doubled since it was listed in 1994. Tidewater gobies live in the mouths of coastal creeks where saltwater and freshwater mix.
Five-year reviews were also conducted for two species of fairy shrimp found in San Luis Obispo County as well as a plant that is found in seeps around San Luis Obispo. The agency is recommending that the Chorro Creek bog thistle and the longhorn fairy shrimp retain their endangered status and that the vernal pool fairy shrimp retain its threatened classification.
– David Sneed

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