Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 15

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Non-legal Status and Ranks^xxii

Internationally, Atlantic Salmon are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (last assessed 1996). They are also ranked by the WWF on a per river basis throughout its global range, as 15% Extinct, 12% Critical, 20% Endangered, 10% Vulnerable, and 43% healthy (N = 2,005 rivers in 19 countries).

^xxii Elements of this section have been copied, abstracted and/or synthesized from COSEWIC (2006a).