A 5-year review is a periodic analysis of a species’ status conducted to ensure that the listing classification of a species as threatened or endangered on the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants is accurate.
The workshop sought to develop agreed upon best practices for fieldwork, photo processing and analytical practices for estimating abundance for estuarine bottlenose dolphin populations in the Southeast United States using capture-mark-recapture methods.
Summary Report: 1991-2022
NMFS has documented killer whale entanglements through a variety of means established under three primary programs for several decades.
Defining a new management area that accounts for what is known about the distribution of Hawaiʻi pelagic false killer whales outside the Hawaiian Islands EEZ.
Revision of the 2007 conservation plan for northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) to incorporate new information obtained since the original plan was completed.
Each year, NOAA Fisheries collects, verifies, documents, and responds to reports of large whale entanglements. The 2022 U.S. West Coast reports, and other relevant information and developments are included in this summary.