All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
5-Year Review for Southern Resident Killer Whales
NOAA Fisheries is initiating a 5-year status review for the Southern Resident killer whale Distinct Population Segment (DPS) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Published
01/04/2022
90-day Finding on a Petition to List Bull Kelp Under the Endangered Species Act
90-Day Finding on a Petition to List Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) under the Endangered Species Act
Published
06/22/2023
Port Blakely Habitat Conservation Plan for the John Franklin Eddy Forestlands
Port Blakely Habitat Conservation Plan for the John Franklin Eddy Forestlands
Published
09/12/2023
12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Summer-Run Steelhead in Northern California as Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act
12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Summer-Run Steelhead in Northern California as Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act
Published
02/05/2020
12-Month Finding on a Petition to List the Black Teatfish as Threatened or Endangered under the Endangered Species Act
NOAA Fisheries completed a comprehensive status review under the Endangered Species Act and determined that listing the black teatfish as a threatened or endangered species under the ESA is not warranted.
Published
12/02/2021
12-Month Finding on a Petition to List the Dwarf Seahorse as Threatened or Endangered under the Endangered Species Act
dwarf seahorse, not warranted
Published
07/28/2020
12-Month Finding on a Petition to List the Ribbon Seal
NOAA Fisheries announces a 12-month finding on a petition to list the ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata) as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 as amended (ESA). After a formal review of the best available…
Published
12-Month Finding on a Petition to List the Shortfin Mako Shark Under the Endangered Species Act
12-Month Finding on a Petition to List the Shortfin Mako Shark Under the Endangered Species Act
Published
11/14/2022
12-Month Finding on Petition to Identify Northwest Atlantic Leatherback Turtle as Distinct Population Segment
We, NMFS, announce a 90-day finding on a petition to identify the Northwest Atlantic subpopulation of the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) as a Distinct Population Segment (DPS) and list it as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). We
Published
08/10/2020
12-Month Finding on Petition to List Pocillopora Meandrina Under the Endangered Species Act
Comparison of P. meandrina (left) and P. eydouxi (right), Philippines. Photo courtesy of Doug Fenner.
NOAA Fisheries' 12-month negative finding to list P. meandrina as threatened or endangered.
Published
07/06/2020