All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Recovery Plan for Shortnose Sturgeon
Read the recovery plan for shortnose sturgeon.
Effective
12/17/1998
Critical Habitat for Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), NMFS is designating critical habitat for the threatened green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) to include coastal waters surrounding Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, and the endangered hawksbill sea turtle (Ere
Effective
10/02/1998
Recovery Plan for Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Recovery plan for U.S. Pacific populations of olive ridley sea turtles.
Effective
05/22/1998
Recovery Plans for Green Sea Turtles
Recovery Plans for East Pacific, Pacific, and Atlantic populations of green sea turtles are available.
Effective
05/22/1998
Recovery Plans for Leatherback Sea Turtle
NOAA Fisheries has issued separate recovery plans for leatherback sea turtles for the U.S. Pacific and the U.S. Caribbean, Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico.
Published
05/22/1998
Recovery Plans for Hawksbill Sea Turtle
NOAA Fisheries announces the availability of recovery plans for U.S. Pacific and U.S. Caribbean, Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico populations of hawksbill sea turtles.
Published
05/22/1998
Change in Listing Status of Steller Sea Lions, Reclassified as Two Distinct Population Segments - Western DPS Endangered, Eastern DPS Threatened
NOAA Fisheries is now reclassifying Steller sea lions as two distinct population segments under the ESA.
Effective
06/04/1997
Regulations Governing the Approach to North Atlantic Right Whales
Disturbance is identified in the Final Recovery Plan for the Northern Right Whale (Recovery Plan) as among the principal human-induced factors impeding recovery of the northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) (NMFS, 1991). NMFS is issuing this interim f
Published
02/13/1997
Delisting the Eastern North Pacific Gray Whale from the ESA
The Service is amending the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (List) by revising the entry for the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) to remove the eastern North Pacific (California) population from the List while retaining the western
Published
06/16/1994
Designation of Critical Habitat for Snake River Sockeye Salmon, Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon, and Snake River Fall Chinook Salmon
Designated Critical Habitat; Snake
River Sockeye Salmon, Snake River
Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon, and
Snake River Fall Chinook Salmon
Published
12/28/1993