All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
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
Critical Habitat Designation For Leatherback Sea Turtles Along the U.S. West Coast
We, the NOAA Fisheries, issue a final rule to revise the current critical habitat for the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) by designating additional areas within the Pacific Ocean. This designation includes approximately 16,910 square miles (
Effective
02/27/2012
Listing Loggerhead Sea Turtle Under the ESA
We (NOAA Fisheries and USFWS; also collectively referred to as the Services) have determined that the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is composed of nine distinct population segments (DPSs) that constitute âspeciesâ that may be listed as
Effective
10/24/2011
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
Recovery Plans for Loggerhead Sea Turtle
NOAA Fisheries and U.S. FWS announce availability of recovery plans for Northwest Atlantic, U.S. Pacific and the U.S. Caribbean, Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico populations of the Loggerhead sea turtle.
Effective
12/08/2008
Regulations to protect Sea Turtles from the Virginia Pound Net Fishery
NMFS is requiring that any offshore pound net leader in the Virginia waters of the mainstem Chesapeake Bay, south of 37°19.0ⲠN. lat. and west of 76°13.0ⲠW. long., and all waters south of 37°13.0ⲠN. lat. to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel at t
Published
06/23/2006
Turtle Excluder Device Double Cover Flap Modification Final Rule
NOAA Fisheries is amending the turtle excluder device (TED) regulations that require most shrimp trawlers to use TEDs in the southeastern Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico to reduce the incidental capture of endangered and threatened sea turtles during shri
Effective
05/27/2004
Turtle Excluder Device Opening Final Rule
NOAA Fisheries is amending the turtle excluder device (TED) regulations to enhance their effectiveness in reducing sea turtle mortality resulting from trawling in the southeastern United States. NOAA Fisheries has determined that:
- some current a
Effective
04/15/2003
Sea Turtle Handling and Resuscitation Requirements
Any sea turtle taken incidentally during the course of fishing or scientific research activities must be handled with due care to prevent injury, observed for activity, resuscitated if comatose or inactive, and returned to the water according to the proce
Effective
12/01/2001
Critical Habitat for Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), NMFS is designating critical habitat for the threatened green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) to include coastal waters surrounding Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, and the endangered hawksbill sea turtle (Ere
Effective
10/02/1998