All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Permit to North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (for Atlantic sturgeon)
Incidental Take Permit to North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (for Atlantic sturgeon)
Issued
07/28/2014
Speed Restrictions to Reduce the Threat of Ship Collisions With North Atlantic Right Whales
NMFS is eliminating the expiration date (or “sunset clause”) contained in regulations requiring vessel speed restrictions to reduce the likelihood of lethal vessel collisions with North Atlantic right whales. The regulations restrict vessel sp
Effective
12/06/2013
Determination on Petition to List Gulf of Mexico Sperm Whale as a Distinct Population Segment Under the ESA
Finding on a petition to list sperm whale in the Gulf of Mexico as an endangered or threatened distinct population segment under the Endangered Species Act.
Published
11/13/2013
Incidental Take Permit to North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries for Sea Turtles
Incidental Take Permit to North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (for sea turtles)
Effective
09/17/2013
Incidental Take Permit to Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Incidental Take Permit to Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Issued
01/14/2013
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle 5 Year Reviews
We, NOAA Fisheries, announce the availability of five year reviews for Kemp's ridley sea turtles.
Published
10/10/2012
Revisions to Turtle Excluder Device Requirements
This rule revises the turtle excluder device (TED) requirements to allow the use of new materials and to modify existing approved TED designs. Specifically, this rule allows using flat bar, rectangular pipe, and oval pipe as construction material in curre
Effective
06/20/2012
Listing Atlantic Sturgeon Distinct Population Segments under the ESA
We, NOAA Fisheries, issue final determinations to list the Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended.
- Final Rule to List the Carolina and South Atlantic DPS (77 FR 5913, April 6, 20…
- Final Rule to List Gulf of Maine, New York Bight, Chesapeake Bay DPS (77 FR 587…
- Proposed Rule to List the Carolina and South Atlantic DPS (75 FR 61904, October…
- Proposed Rule to List Gulf of Maine, New York Bight, Chesapeake Bay DPS (75 FR …
- 90 Day Finding (75 FR 838, January 6, 2010)
Effective
04/06/2012
Recovery Plans for Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
We, NOAA Fisheries, announce the availability of the 2011 Bi-national (U.S. and Mexico) recovery plan for the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle.
Published
03/06/2010
Critical Habitat for U.S. DPS of Smalltooth Sawfish
We, NOAA Fisheries, issue a final rule to designate critical habitat for the U.S. distinct population segment (DPS) of smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata), which was listed as endangered on April 1, 2003, under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The cri
Effective
10/02/2009