All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the Whitespotted Eagle Ray
90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the Whitespotted Eagle Ray
Published
04/19/2024
Final Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for the Threatened Nassau Grouper
NOAA Fisheries designates critical habitat for the threatened Nassau grouper pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Published
01/02/2024
Draft Environmental Assessment on Permitting Translocation of Sturgeon for Scientific Research and Enhancement
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources is requesting comment on a draft programmatic environmental assessment that analyzes translocation of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon.
Published
12/27/2023
Incidental Take Authorization: TC Energy Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC's East Lateral XPRESS Project in Barataria Bay, Louisiana
Incidental Take Authorization: TC Energy Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC's East Lateral XPRESS Project in Barataria Bay, Louisiana
Effective
12/01/2023
Petition to Establish Vessel Speed Measures to Protect Rice’s Whale
On May 11, 2021, NOAA Fisheries received a petition pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act from the Natural Resources Defense Council, Healthy Gulf, Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, and New England Aquarium. It…
Issued
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Marine Geophysical Survey in the Puerto Rico Trench and slope of Puerto Rico
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Marine Geophysical Survey in the Puerto Rico Trench and slope of Puerto Rico
Effective
10/06/2023
Incidental Take Authorization: University of Texas' Marine Geophysical Survey in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico
Incidental Take Authorization: University of Texas' Marine Geophysical Survey in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico
Effective
09/29/2023
5-Year Review for the South Atlantic and Carolina Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic Sturgeon
NOAA Fisheries is required by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to conduct 5-year reviews to ensure that the listing classifications of species are accurate.
Published
09/15/2023
Nominations to the Marine Mammal Scientific Review Groups
NOAA Fisheries is soliciting nominations for the regional scientific review groups. Nominations are due by October 12, 2022.
Published
09/12/2023
Final Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for the Threatened Caribbean Corals
Final Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for the Threatened Caribbean Corals
Effective
09/08/2023