All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (2013 -2018)
Information on regulations to govern the unintentional take of marine mammals as a result of Atlantic fleet training and testing activities conducted from 2013 through 2018.
Published
12/04/2013
Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan Regulations
NOAA Fisheries developed regulations implementing the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan to address the increased incidental mortality and serious injury of the Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy stock of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in gillnet fisheries
Effective
10/04/2013
Listing Atlantic Sturgeon Distinct Population Segments under the ESA
We, NOAA Fisheries, issue final determinations to list the Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended.
- Final Rule to List the Carolina and South Atlantic DPS (77 FR 5913, April 6, 20…
- Final Rule to List Gulf of Maine, New York Bight, Chesapeake Bay DPS (77 FR 587…
- Proposed Rule to List the Carolina and South Atlantic DPS (75 FR 61904, October…
- Proposed Rule to List Gulf of Maine, New York Bight, Chesapeake Bay DPS (75 FR …
- 90 Day Finding (75 FR 838, January 6, 2010)
Effective
04/06/2012
Listing Gulf of Maine, New York Bight, and Chesapeake Bay Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic Sturgeon under the ESA
We, NOAA Fisheries, are issuing a final determination to list the Gulf of Maine (GOM) Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) as a threatened species under the Endangered Spec
Effective
04/06/2012
Critical Habitat for the Gulf of Maine DPS of Atlantic Salmon
We, NOAA Fisheries, issue a final rule designating critical habitat for the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment (GOM DPS). We previously determined that naturally spawned and several hatchery populations of Atlantic sal
Effective
07/20/2009
Listing Gulf of Maine DPS of Atlantic Salmon Under the ESA
We (NOAA Fisheries and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, collectively referred to as the Services) have determined that naturally spawned and conservation hatchery populations of anadromous Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) whose freshwater range occurs in the
Effective
07/20/2009
Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan to Protect Pilot Whales and Risso's Dolphins
NOAA Fisheries announces pelagic longline fishery has a high level of mortality and serious injury across a number of marine mammal stocks, especially pilot whales and Risso's dolphins.
Effective
06/18/2009
Listing North Atlantic Right Whale Under the ESA
We, NMFS, completed a status review of right whales in the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in December 2006 and are listing the currently endangered northern right whale (Eubalaena spp.) as two separate,
Published
04/07/2008
Notice of a 90-day Finding On Petition to List Global Populations of Right Whales
Notice of a 90-day finding regarding a petition to list the global populations of right whales with the common name Black Whale as a single species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). After review, we find the petition does not pre
Effective
05/30/2007
Initiation of a Status Review under the Endangered Species Act for Cusk
Initiation of a Status Review under the Endangered Species Act for Cusk
Published
03/09/2007