All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
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.
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Change in Listing Status of Steller Sea Lions, Reclassified as Two Distinct Population Segments - Western DPS Endangered, Eastern DPS Threatened
The Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus, is currently listed as threatened, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (ESA), throughout its range, which extends from California and associated waters to Alaska, including the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and…
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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
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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
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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
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Designation of Critical Habitat for Steller Sea Lions
Final Rule
Designation of critical habitat for the Steller (northern) sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) in certain areas and waters of Alaska, Oregon and California. The direct economic and other impacts resulting from this critical habitat designation,…
- Final Rule; technical amendment (59 FR 30715, June 15, 1994)
- Final Rule (58 FR 45269, 08/27/1993)
- Corrections to Proposed Rule (58 FR 21218, 04/19/1993)
- Proposed Rule (58 FR 17181, 04/01/1993)
- Steller Sea Lion Western DPS Critical Habitat Map and GIS data
- Alaska ESA Species and Critical Habitat Mapper Web Application
- Protected Resources App (West Coast)
- California and Oregon SSL Critical Habitat Map (PDF, 1 page)
- Western-Southcentral Alaska SSL Critical Habitat Map (PDF, 1 page)
- Southeast Alaska SSL Critical Habitat Map (PDF, 1 page)
- Shapefiles - SSL Critical Habitat AK, CA, OR
- 50 CFR 226.202 - Critical habitat for Steller sea lions
- 50 CFR 226.202 - Table 1 - Major Steller Sea Lion Rookery Sites
- 50 CFR 226.202 - Table 2 - Major Steller Sea Lion Haulout Sites in Alaska
- Environmental Assessment of Action to Designate Critical Habitat for Steller Se…
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Designation of Critical Habitat for Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon
Designation of Critical Habitat for Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon
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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
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Depleted Designation for Western North Atlantic Coastal Migratory Stock of Bottlenose Dolphins
NMFS designates the coastal migratory stock of bottlenose dolphins along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast as depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This action is required by the MMPA when a species or population stock is determined to ha
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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.
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