All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
5-Year Reviews for 15 Threatened Indo-Pacific Reef-Building Corals
In 2021, NOAA Fisheries announced the initiation of a 5-year review for 15 Indo-Pacific reef-building coral species that are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. These include: Acropora globiceps, Acropora jacquelineae, Acropora lokani…
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Announcement of a Recovery Planning Workshop for the 15 ESA-Listed Indo-Pacific Corals
We are convening a workshop to solicit facts and information from stakeholders and experts to inform recovery planning for 15 species of threatened Indo-Pacific reef corals listed under the Endangered Species Act. We will not be asking for a consensus…
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Listing of 20 Reef-Building Coral Species Under the ESA
We, NOAA Fisheries, are publishing this final rule to implement our final determination to list the following 20 species as threatened: five in the Caribbean (Dendrogyra cylindrus, Orbicella annularis, Orbicella faveolata, Orbicella franksi, and…
- Final Rule (79 FR 53852, September 10, 2014)
- Proposed Rule (77 FR 73219, December 7, 2012)
- 90-day Finding (75 FR 6616, February 10, 2010)
- Status Review Report of 82 candidate coral species (2011)
- Management Report for 82 corals (2012)
- Petition to List 83 Coral Species Under the Endangered Species Act (2009) (PDF,…
- Supplemental Information Report for 82 Coral Candidate Species (2012) (PDF, 158…
- Literature Cited in the Final Rule
- Final Management Report
- U.S. Distributions of the 15 ESA-listed Indo-Pacific Coral Species
- Field Identification Guide to the Threatened Corals of the U.S. Pacific Islands
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