# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2024-07-30 · Effective 2024-08-29 · 89 FR 61029
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-16380
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 61029
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2024-07-30
- **Effective date:** 2024-08-29
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R8-ES-2022-0082
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for the San Francisco Bay-Delta distinct population segment (DPS) of longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys), a fish species of the Pacific Coast. This rule extends the protections of the Act to this DPS and adds it to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/30/2024-16380/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-endangered-species-status-for-the-san-francisco)
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