All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Notice of Initiation of a 5-Year Review of the Dusky Sea Snake
NMFS announces the initiation of a 5-year review for the dusky sea snake (Aipysurus fuscus).
NMFS is required by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to conduct 5-year reviews to ensure that the listing classifications of species are accurate. The 5…
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09/08/2020
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.
Today, NOAA Fisheries published a Not Warranted 12-month finding for the Indo-Pacific reef-building coral Pocillopora meandrina in…
Published
07/06/2020
Habitat Conservation Plan and Safe Harbor Agreement for Sierra Pacific Industries Forestland Management Program
NOAA Fisheries is announcing the availability of Sierra Pacific Land & Timber Company’s (SPL&T) Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) for public comment. The notice advises the public that NOAA Fisheries has received one…
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07/20/2020
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark 5-Year Review
In 2019, NMFS announced its intent to conduct a 5-year review for the four distinct population segments (DPSs) of the scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini): Eastern Atlantic DPS, Eastern Pacific DPS, Central & Southwest Atlantic DPS, and Indo-West…
Published
05/14/2020
Incidental Take Permit to Midwest Biodiversity Institute
The requested permit would be for the incidental take of ESA-listed shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum), Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). The takes would be attributed to otherwise lawful…
Published
04/17/2020
90-Day Finding on a Petition To List Oregon Coast Spring-Run Chinook Salmon as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act
We, NOAA Fisheries, announce a 90- day finding on a petition to list spring-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) on the Oregon coast as a threatened or endangered Evolutionarily Significant Unit under the Endangered Species Act and to designate…
Issued
04/13/2020
Initiation of a 5-Year Review for 3 Foreign Corals
NMFS announces the initiation of a 5-year review for three foreign corals (Cantharellus noumeae, Siderastrea glynni, and Tubastraea floreana). NMFS is required by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to conduct 5-year reviews to ensure that the…
Published
5-Year Review of North Pacific Distinct Population Segment of Loggerhead Sea Turtle
NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services are jointly responsible for the protection and conservation of all sea turtles under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Under section 4(c)(2) of the Endangered Species Act, we are required…
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Yankee Fork and Panther Creek Spring/summer Chinook Hatchery Plans
NOAA Fisheries proposes to make two Endangered Species Act (ESA) section 4(d) determinations for hatchery operations in the Yankee Fork and Panther Creek, upper Salmon River tributaries. An environmental assessment and a Proposed Evaluation and Pending…
Published
03/10/2020
Dungeness Hatcheries Plans
NOAA Fisheries is making available for public review its Proposed Evaluation and Pending Determination (PEPD) analyzing effects of our proposed determination on three hatchery programs currently operating in the Dungeness River basin of Puget Sound, in…
Published
03/09/2020