All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
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
Virginia and North Carolina Large Mesh Gillnet Final Rule
The purpose of this action is to reduce the impact of large-mesh gillnet fisheries on endangered and threatened species of sea turtles, primarily the monkfish fishery which uses large-mesh gillnet gear and operates in the area when sea turtles are present
Effective
05/25/2006
Designation of Critical Habitat for 12 Evolutionarily Significant Units of West Coast Salmon and Steelhead in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho (2005)
Critical Habitat for 12 Evolutionarily Significant Units of Pacific Salmon and Steelhead
Published
09/02/2005
Designation of Critical Habitat for 7 Evolutionarily Significant Units of Pacific Salmon and Steelhead in California
NOAA Fisheries issued a final rule designating critical habitat for two Evolutionarily Significant Units of chinook salmon and five Evolutionarily Significant Units of steelhead listed as of the date of this designation under the ESA.
Published
09/02/2005
Recovery Plan for North Atlantic Right Whale
NMFS announces the availability of the final revision of the recovery plan for the western North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, as required by the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA).
Published
06/02/2005
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Pelagic Longline Final Rule
This final rule implements new sea turtle bycatch and bycatch mortality mitigation measures for all Atlantic vessels that have pelagic longline (PLL) gear onboard and that have been issued, or are required to have, Federal HMS limited access permits, cons
Effective
08/05/2004
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