All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
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
Designation of Critical Habitat for Central California Coast and Southern Oregon/Northern California Coasts Coho Salmon
Designated Critical Habitat; Central California Coast and
Southern Oregon/Northern California Coasts Coho Salmon
Published
05/05/1999
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 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
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