All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat
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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)
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Final Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for the Threatened Caribbean Corals
Final Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for the Threatened Caribbean Corals
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Designation of Critical Habitat for the Beringia Distinct Population Segment of the Bearded Seal
We, NOAA Fisheries, issue this final rule to designate critical habitat for the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies Erignathus barbatus nauticus under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The critical habitat…
- Final Rule (87 FR 19180, 04/01/2022)
- Comment Period Extension (86 FR 13518, 03/09/2021)
- Notification of public hearings (86 FR 7686, 02/01/2021)
- Correction to Comment Period Date (86 FR 7242, 01/27/2021)
- Proposed Rule (86 FR 1433, 01/08/2021)
- References Cited in Final Rule (2022)
- Final Economic Analysis Report (2022)
- Bearded Seal Beringia DPS Critical Habitat Map and GIS Data
- Critical Habitat Questions and Answers (2022)
- Proposed Critical Habitat Questions and Answers (2021)
- Draft Economic Analysis Report (2021)
- Map of proposed critical habitat and proposed essential features (2021)
- Map of Proposed Critical Habitat (2021)
- Proposed Critical Habitat Shapefiles (zip) (2021)
- References Cited in Proposed Rule (2021)
- Bearded Seals
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Designation of Critical Habitat for the Arctic Subspecies of the Ringed Seal
NOAA Fisheries published a proposal to designate critical habitat for the Arctic subspecies (Phoca hispida hispida) of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida) under the Endangered Species Act.
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Critical Habitat for the Southern Resident Killer Whale
NOAA Fisheries proposed revised critical habitat designation for the Southern Resident killer whale under the ESA.
- Final Rule to Revise Critical Habitat Designation for SRKW (86 FR 41668, 08/02…
- Notice of Public Hearings (84 FR 55530, 10/17/2019)
- Proposed Rule to Revise Critical Habitat Designation for SRKW (84 FR 49214, 9/1…
- 2015 12-month Finding on Petition to Revise Critical Habitat (80 FR 9682)
- 2014 90-day Finding on Petition to Revise Critical Habitat (79 FR 22933)
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Final Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for the Central America, Mexico, and Western North Pacific Distinct Population Segments of Humpback Whales
Critical habitat for the endangered Western North Pacific distinct population segment (DPS), the endangered Central America DPS, and the threatened Mexico DPS of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
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Final Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for Main Hawaiian Islands Insular False Killer Whale Distinct Population Segment
On July 24 2018, NOAA Fisheries publishes a final rule to designate critical habitat for the main Hawaiian Islands insular false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) distinct population segment (DPS) by designating waters from the 45-meter depth contour to
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Critical Habitat Designation for Atlantic Sturgeon
NOAA Fisheries issues 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 Atlan
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Designation of Critical Habitat for Lower Columbia River Coho Salmon and Puget Sound Steelhead (2016)
NOAA Fisheries issued a final rule to designate critical habitat for lower Columbia River coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and Puget Sound steelhead (O. mykiss) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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