All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
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
Designation of Critical Habitat for Steller Sea Lions
NOAA Fisheries is designating critical habitat for the Steller (northern) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) in certain areas and waters of Alaska, Oregon and California.
Effective
09/27/1993
Designation of Critical Habitat for Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon
Designation of Critical Habitat for Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon
Effective
07/16/1993
Listing of the Saimaa Seal Subspecies of the Ringed Seal Under the ESA
NOAA Fisheries is listing the Saimaa seal (Phoca hispida saimensis) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). NOAA Fisheries used the best available scientific and commercial information to make this determination. The Saimaa seal
Effective
06/07/1993
Notice of Availability of the Final 1992 Recovery Plan for the Steller Sea Lion
Notice of availability of the Final Recovery Plan for Steller Sea Lions and response to comments on the Draft Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan.
Published
01/07/1993
Regulations to Protect Sea Turtles from Shrimp Trawlers and Other Fisheries
NOAA Fisheries amends the sea turtle conservation measures and the interim final rule currently in effect. As of December 1, 1992, this final rule requires shrimp trawlers to comply with sea turtle conservation measures throughout the year in all areas.
Effective
12/01/1992
Listing of Gulf Sturgeon Under the ESA
The Service determines the Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi) to be a threatened species, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. This rule has been coordinated with NOAA and they have cosigned the document. This large
Effective
10/30/1991