All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Summer Flounder Trawling Requirements
To protect sea turtles, summer flounder trawlers in waters off Virginia (south of Cape Charles) and North Carolina must use an approved Turtle Excluder Device (TED) installed in a TED extension (a cylinder of webbing in which the TED is installed), constr
Effective
05/17/2002
Sea Turtle Handling and Resuscitation Requirements
Any sea turtle taken incidentally during the course of fishing or scientific research activities must be handled with due care to prevent injury, observed for activity, resuscitated if comatose or inactive, and returned to the water according to the proce
Effective
12/01/2001
ESA Listing Determination for Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy stock of Harbor Porpoise
NOAA Fisheries has completed a status review of the Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy (GOM/BOF) stock of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).
Published
10/19/2001
Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quota for Bowhead Whales 2001-2000
Notices of aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales that NOAA Fisheries has assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, and of limitations on the use of the quota deriving from regulations of the International Whaling Commission.
Effective
10/17/2001
ESA Listing of White Abalone
Following completion of a comprehensive status review of the white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) and a review of factors affecting the species, NOAA Fisheries published a proposed rule to list the white abalone as an endangered species on May 5, 2000. Afte
Effective
06/28/2001
Critical Habitat for White Abalone
Following completion of a comprehensive status review of the white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) and a review of factors affecting the species, NOAA Fisheries published a proposed rule to list the white abalone as an endangered species on May 5, 2000.
Effective
06/28/2001
Depleted Designation for Cook Inlet Population of Beluga Whales
Based upon the available information regarding the status of the Cook Inlet stock of beluga whales, NOAA Fisheries has determined that the Cook Inlet stock of beluga whales is below its optimum sustainable population levels and, therefore, is depleted as
Effective
06/30/2000
Listing the Cook Inlet Stock of Beluga Whales under the ESA - Not Warranted
NOAA Fisheries received two petitions in March 1999 to list the Cook Inlet, Alaska, stock beluga whales as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The most immediate threat to the stock identified by the petitioners was the high level of harvest that
Effective
06/22/2000
Designation of Critical Habitat for Johnson's Seagrass
Designation of Critical Habitat for Johnson's Seagrass
Effective
05/05/2000
Designation of Critical Habitat for Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon
Designated Critical Habitat: Revision of Critical Habitat for
Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon
Published
10/25/1999