All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Listing North Pacific Right Whale Under the ESA
We, NOAA Fisheries, 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
Published
03/06/2008
Notice of Final 2008 Revised Recovery Plan for Steller Sea Lions
NOAA Fisheries announces the availability of the Final Revised Recovery Plan, dated March 2008, for the western and eastern distinct population segments (DPS) of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus).
Published
03/05/2008
Final Threatened Listing Determination, Protective Regulations, and Designation of Critical Habitat for Oregon Coast Coho Salmon (2008)
Final Threatened Listing Determination, Final Protective Regulations, and Final Designation of Critical Habitat for the Oregon Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit of Coho Salmon
Published
02/11/2008
Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Plan
NOAA Fisheries announces the adoption of an Endangered Species Act (ESA) Recovery Plan (Recovery Plan) and 5-year review for the Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi). The Recovery Plan contains revisions and additions in consideration of public com
Published
08/22/2007
Hawaiian Monk Seal 5-Year Review
NOAA Fisheries announces the adoption of an Endangered Species Act (ESA) Recovery Plan (Recovery Plan) and 5-year review for the Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi). The Recovery Plan contains revisions and additions in consideration of public com
Published
08/22/2007
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
Five Year Review for the Fin Whale
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announce 5-year reviews of the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). A 5-year rev
Effective
03/23/2007
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
Regulations to protect Sea Turtles from the Virginia Pound Net Fishery
NMFS is requiring that any offshore pound net leader in the Virginia waters of the mainstem Chesapeake Bay, south of 37°19.0ⲠN. lat. and west of 76°13.0ⲠW. long., and all waters south of 37°13.0ⲠN. lat. to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel at t
Published
06/23/2006
Final Rule to List the Southern Distinct Population Segment of North American Green Sturgeon as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act
Following completion of a comprehensive Endangered Species Act (ESA) Status Review and Update for the North American green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris; hereafter, âgreen sturgeonâ), we, NOAA Fisheries, published a Proposed Rule to list the Souther
Effective
06/06/2006