All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Designation of the AT1 Group of Transient Killer Whales as a Depleted Stock Under MMPA
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to designate the AT1 group of transient killer whales as a depleted stock of marine mammals pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This action is based upon a status review conducted by NOAA Fisheries.
Effective
07/06/2004
Turtle Excluder Device Double Cover Flap Modification Final Rule
NOAA Fisheries is amending the turtle excluder device (TED) regulations that require most shrimp trawlers to use TEDs in the southeastern Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico to reduce the incidental capture of endangered and threatened sea turtles during shri
Effective
05/27/2004
California Pelagic Longline Final Rule
NOAA Fisheries is issuing a final rule to prohibit shallow longline sets of the type normally targeting swordfish on the high seas in the Pacific Ocean east of 150° W. long. by vessels managed under the Fishery Management Plan for U.S.
Effective
04/12/2004
California and Oregon Drift Gillnet Final Rule
NOAA Fisheries is issuing a final rule to prohibit fishing with drift gillnets in the California/Oregon (CA/OR) thresher shark/swordfish drift gillnet fishery in U.S. waters off southern California in waters east of the 120°W., for the months of
Effective
01/15/2004
Notice of Availability of Subsistence Harvest Management of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales - Final Environment Impact Statement
EIS No. 030426, FINAL EIS, NOA, AK, Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Stock, Federal Actions Associated with the Management and Recovery, Implementation, Cook Inlet, AK, Wait Period Ends: October 27, 2003.
Published
09/26/2003
Designation of Southern Resident Killer Whales as a Depleted Stock Under MMPA
Following a review of the status of the eastern North Pacific Southern Resident stock of killer whales (Orcinus orca), NOAA Fisheries has determined that the stock is below its Optimal Sustainable Population (OSP) and, therefore, is depleted as defined in
Effective
06/30/2003
Listing of U.S. DPS of Smalltooth Sawfish under ESA
NOAA Fisheries published a proposed rule to list the U.S. population of smalltooth sawfish as endangered on April 16, 2001. After considering public comments on the proposed rule, NOAA Fisheries issued a final rule to list the distinct populatio
Effective
05/01/2003
Critical Habitat for Gulf Sturgeon
NOAA Fisheries and U.S. FWS designate critical habitat for the Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi), a threatened species listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Effective
04/18/2003
Turtle Excluder Device Opening Final Rule
NOAA Fisheries is amending the turtle excluder device (TED) regulations to enhance their effectiveness in reducing sea turtle mortality resulting from trawling in the southeastern United States. NOAA Fisheries has determined that:
- some current a
Effective
04/15/2003
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment to Access the Impacts of Issuing Subsistence Quota for Bowhead Whales
NOAA Fisheries announces the availability of an Environmental Assessment (EA), in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to assess the impacts of issuing the International Whaling Commission (IWC) subsistence quota for bowhead whale
Published
03/04/2003