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Negative 90-Day Findings

The public may petition NOAA Fisheries to list a species under the Endangered Species Act. A 90-day finding is our formal evaluation of the claims made within a petition. The species listed on this page were the subject of petitions under the ESA, but their respective petitions did not present substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the requested ESA actions were warranted.

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Under the Endangered Species Act, any person or organization may petition us to list a species as threatened, endangered, or in need of some other protective action. The species listed below were the subject of petitions under the ESA, but their respective petitions did not present substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the requested ESA actions were warranted.

Learn more about the petition and listing process under the ESA.

Fish

Species Date Received Requested ESA Action Federal Register Notice 
(2005 -present)

angelfish, Vanderloos

(Chaetodontoplus vanderloosi)

 07/15/2013

List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF)

 79 FR 10104

blenny, Magdalena

(Paraclinus magdalenae)

 07/15/2013 List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 79 FR 10104

blenny, San Quintin

(Paraclinus walkeri)

 07/15/2013 List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 79 FR 10104

camotillo

(Paralabrax albomaculatus)

 07/15/2013 List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 79 FR 10104

clingfish, grandparents

(Tomicodon abuelorum)

 07/15/2013 List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 79 FR 10104

damsel, Galápagos

(Azurina eupalama)

 07/15/2013 List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 79 FR 10104
grouper, goliath (Epinephelus itajara) 09/03/2010 List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF) 76 FR 31592

grouper, Warsaw

(Epinephelus nigritus)

03/03/2010

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

75 FR 59690

hagfish, eightgill

(Eptatretus octatrema)

 07/15/2013

List multiple species of hagfish and sea snakes as threatened or endangered (PDF)

 

 78 FR 66675
hagfish (Myxine paucidens) 07/15/2013 List multiple species of hagfish and sea snakes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 78 FR 66675
hagfish (Paramyxine taiwanae) 07/15/2013 List multiple species of hagfish and sea snakes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 78 FR 66675

hind, speckled

(Epinephelus drummondhayi)

09/03/2010

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

77 FR 25687

kob, Madagascar

(Argyrosomus hololepidotus)

 07/15/2013 List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 79 FR 10104

marlin, white

(Kajikia albidus)

02/09/2012

04/03/2012

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)
List as threatened or endangered (PDF)

78 FR 6299

pipefish, Texas

(Syngnathus affinis)

09/01/2010

Emergency listing and list as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

76 FR 7820

pomacentrid reef fish

(7 species)

09/14/2012

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

79 FR 52276

80 FR 8619
ray, giant devil
(Mobula mobular)		 02/10/2020 List as threatened or endangered (PDF) 85 FR 74320

ray, magpie fiddler

(Trygonorrhina melaleuca)

 07/15/2013 List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 79 FR 10104

ray, ornate sleeper

(Electrolux addisoni)

 07/15/2013 List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 79 FR 10104

ray, reef manta

(Manta alfredi)

04/26/2016

List the Maui and Kona Reef manta ray populations as distinct population segments and as threatened (PDF)

81 FR 41958

rockfish, China

(Sebastes nebulosus)

04/27/2010

List Georgia Basin population as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

75 FR 52928

rockfish, copper

(Sebastes caurinus)

09/18/2006

List Puget Sound population as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

72 FR 2863

rockfish, quillback

(Sebastes maliger)

 09/18/2006 List Puget Sound population as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF) 72 FR 2863

rockfish, tiger

(Sebastes nigrocinctus)

04/27/2010

List Georgia Basin population as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

75 FR 52928

salmon, chum

(Oncorhynchus keta)

06/29/2015

List Puget Sound winter-run population as threatened or endangered (PDF)

82 FR 33064

salmon, coho

(Oncorhynchus kisutch)
  1. 09/12/2003
  2. 02/23/2010
  3. 10/31/2011
  4. 07/03/2012
  5. 05/30/2013
  1. Redefine the southern extent of the Central California Coast (CCC) evolutionarily significant unit (ESU)
  2. List Puget Sound population as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)
  3. Delist Southern Oregon and Northern California Coast (SONCC) ESU (PDF)
  4. Delist SONCC ESU (PDF)
  5. Delist SONCC ESU (PDF)
  1. 71 FR 14683
  2. 75 FR 38776
  3. 77 FR 1668
  4. 77 FR 55458
  5. 78 FR 46322

sawfish, common

(Pristis pristis)

09/09/2010

List as threatened or endangered (PDF)

76 FR 12308

shad, Alabama

(Alosa alabamae)

04/20/2010

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

76 FR 9320

sharks

(10 species and 3 subpopulations)

07/15/2013

List multiple species as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

78 FR 69376

shark, great hammerhead

(Sphyrna mokarran)

 06/16/2022 List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF) 87 FR 67451

shark, porbeagle

(Lamna nasus)

01/22/2010

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

List Northwest Atlantic population as endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

75 FR 39656

shark, whale

(Rhincodon typus)

12/21/2012

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

78 FR 50032

silverside, Delta

(Colpichthys hubbsi)

 07/15/2013 List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 79 FR 10104

skate, barndoor

(Dipturus laevis)

08/22/2011

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

76 FR 78898
skate, pita (Okamejei pita) 07/15/2013 List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 79 FR 10104

skate, smooth

(Malacoraja senta)

08/22/2011

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

76 FR 78898

skate, thorny

(Amblyraja radiata)

08/22/2011

 

08/11/2011

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

List Northwest Atlantic population or U.S. population as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

76 FR 78891

skate, winter

(Leucoraja ocellata)

08/22/2011

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

76 FR 78898

stingray, daisy

(Dasyatis margarita)

 07/15/2013 List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 79 FR 10104

stingray, roughnose

(Pastinachus solocirostris)

 07/15/2013 List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 79 FR 10104

triplefin, lightning man

(Enneapterygius namarrgon)

 07/15/2013 List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 79 FR 10104

wrasse, social

(Halichoeres socialis)

 07/15/2013 List multiple species of skates, rays, and bony fishes as threatened or endangered (PDF) 79 FR 10104

 

Marine Mammals

Species Date Received Requested ESA Action Federal Register Notice (2005 -present)

seal, Galápagos fur

(Arctocephalus galapagoensis)

07/15/2013

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

78 FR 9880
seal, harbor
(Pacific subspecies; Phoca vitulina richardii)		 02/06/2020 Identify the Iliamna Lake population as a DPS, list as threatened or endangered, and designate critical habitat (PDF) 86 FR 34229
seal, ringed
(Arctic subspecies;
Phoca hispida hispida)		 03/26/2019 Delist the Arctic subspecies of ringed seal (PDF) 85 FR 76018
whale, Cuvier's beaked
(Ziphius cavirostris)		 10/12/2017 List Gulf of Mexico Population as Endangered or Threatened 84 FR 11058

whale, right

(Eubalaena spp.)

03/08/2007

List global populations as a single species with the common name Black Whale (PDF)

72 FR 29973

 

Marine Reptiles

Species Date Received Requested ESA Action Federal Register Notice (2005 - present)

sea snake, leaf-scaled

(Aipysurus foliosquama)

07/15/2013

List multiple species of hagfish and sea snakes as threatened or endangered (PDF)

78 FR 66675

sea snake, short-nosed

(Aipysurus apraefrontalis)

07/15/2013

List multiple species of hagfish and sea snakes as threatened or endangered (PDF)

78 FR 66675

 

Corals

Species Date Received Requested ESA Action Federal Register Notice (2005 - present)

corals

(20 shallow water species)

07/15/2013

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

78 FR 63941

corals

(44 species off Alaska)

08/20/2012

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

78 FR 10601

 

Other Marine Invertebrates

Species Date Received Requested ESA Action Federal Register Notice (2005 -present)

clam, giant
(3 species: Tridacna crocea, T. maxima, and T. noae)

08/07/2016

List as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat (PDF)

82 FR 28946

Last updated by Office of Protected Resources on 11/08/2022

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