All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
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 Authorization: Port Dolphin LNG Construction and Operation near Tampa Bay, FL
NOAA Fisheries issued regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to port construction and operations at its Port Dolphin Deepwater Port in the Gulf of Mexico (near Tampa Bay, FL), over the course of five ye
Issued
06/01/2013
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
Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan to Protect Pilot Whales and Risso's Dolphins
NOAA Fisheries announces pelagic longline fishery has a high level of mortality and serious injury across a number of marine mammal stocks, especially pilot whales and Risso's dolphins.
Effective
06/18/2009
Recovery Plan for U.S. DPS of Smalltooth Sawfish
NOAA Fisheries announces the availability of the recovery plan for the U.S. Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) as required by the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA).
01/21/2009