All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Permit to Eddystone Generating Station
Eddystone Generating Station in Eddystone, PA is a natural gas/fuel oil-fired electric generating facility. The requested permit would be for the incidental take of ESA-listed shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) and Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser…
Published
12/02/2019
Initiation of 5-Year Review for the Endangered New York Bight, Chesapeake Bay, Carolina and South Atlantic Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic
We, NMFS, announce our intent to conduct a 5-year review for the threatened Gulf of Maine distinct population segment (DPS) of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus), the endangered New York Bight DPS of Atlantic sturgeon, the endangered…
Effective
05/15/2018
Critical Habitat Designation for Atlantic Sturgeon
We (NMFS) are issuing this final rule to designate critical habitat for the threatened Gulf of Maine distinct population segment (DPS) of Atlantic sturgeon, the endangered New York Bight DPS of Atlantic sturgeon, the endangered Chesapeake Bay DPS of…
Effective
09/18/2017
Incidental Take Permit to Virginia Electric and Power Company, D.B.A. Dominion Virginia Power
Dominion Chesterfield Power Station in Chester, VA is a coal-fueled power generating facility. The requested permit would be for the incidental take of ESA-listed Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) from the Chesapeake Bay Distinct…
Published
09/13/2017
Incidental Take Permit to North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (for Atlantic sturgeon)
North Carolina Department of Marine Fisheries has been issued a permit for the incidental take of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) Distinct Population Segments (Gulf of Maine, New York Bight, Chesapeake, Carolina, and South Atlantic)…
Issued
07/28/2014
Incidental Take Permit to Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. has been issued a permit for the incidental take of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) and shortnose sturgeon (A. brevirostrum) associated with the otherwise lawful environmental education program…
Issued
02/05/2014
Protective Regulations for the Gulf of Maine DPS
We, NMFS, are issuing an interim final regulation to conserve the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus). On February 6, 2012, we listed the Gulf of Maine DPS of Atlantic sturgeon as…
12/19/2013
Incidental Take Permit to Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Georgia Department of Natural Resources has been issued a permit for the incidental take of shortnose (Acipenser brevirostrum) and Atlantic sturgeon (A. oxyrinchus) associated with the otherwise lawful commercial shad fishery in Georgia. The permit will…
Issued
01/14/2013
Listing Gulf of Maine, New York Bight, and Chesapeake Bay Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic Sturgeon under the ESA
We, NOAA Fisheries, are issuing a final determination to list the Gulf of Maine (GOM) Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and the New…
Effective
04/06/2012
Listing South Atlantic and Carolina Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic Sturgeon under the ESA
We, NOAA Fisheries, issue a final determination to list the Carolina and South Atlantic distinct population segments (DPSs) of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended…
Effective
04/06/2012