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Recovery Plans for Loggerhead Sea Turtle

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/recovery-plans-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.

Recovery Plan for the Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/recovery-plan-sperm-whale-physeter-macrocephalus
The goal of this Recovery Plan is to promote recovery of sperm whales to a point at which they can be downlisted from endangered to threatened status, and ultimately to remove them from the list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants, under the

Yelloweye Rockfish and Bocaccio Recovery Plan

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/yelloweye-rockfish-and-bocaccio-recovery-plan
This recovery plan outlines actions and research for the conservation and survival of threatened yelloweye rockfish and endangered bocaccio using the best available science per the requirements of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Recovery Plan for U.S. Pacific Populations of the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/recovery-plan-us-pacific-populations-green-turtle-chelonia-mydas
This recovery plan serves as a road map for green sea turtle recovery in the U.S. Pacific—the plan outlines the path and tasks required to restore and secure self-sustaining wild populations.

Recovery Plan for the Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/recovery-plan-blue-whale-balaenoptera-musculus
The long-term goal of this Plan is to promote the recovery of blue whale populations so that it becomes appropriate to remove them from the list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife under the Endangered Species Act. The Plan identifies measures that must

ESA Recovery Plan for the Puget Sound Steelhead Distinct Population Segment (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/esa-recovery-plan-puget-sound-steelhead-distinct-population-segment-oncorhynchus
This recovery plan provides guidance for the protection and recovery of Puget Sound steelhead.

Recovery Plan for U.S. Population of Atlantic Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/recovery-plan-us-population-atlantic-green-turtle-chelonia-mydas
This recovery plan serves as a road map for green sea turtle recovery in the U.S. Atlantic—the plan outlines the path and tasks required to restore and secure self-sustaining wild populations.

Oceanic Whitetip Sharks: A Plan for Recovery

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/podcast/oceanic-whitetip-sharks-plan-recovery
Oceanic whitetip sharks, once abundant across the globe, are now listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. However, a forthcoming recovery plan is designed to help bring this species back from the brink.
Image: Oceanic Whitetip Sharks: A Plan for Recovery

Recovery Plan for Puget Sound Chinook Salmon

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/recovery-plan-puget-sound-chinook-salmon
The goal of ESA recovery under this plan is to improve the viability of the Puget Sound Chinook salmon, and the ecosystems upon which they depend, to the point that they no longer require ESA protection.

New Plan Charts Path for Eulachon Recovery

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/new-plan-charts-path-eulachon-recovery
Eulachon returned to spawn when other food was scarce and was known to tribes as “savior” or “salvation” fish. A new plan outlines a combination of strategies for eulachon recovery.
Image: New Plan Charts Path for Eulachon Recovery

Recovery Plans for Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/recovery-plans-kemps-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.

Recovery Plan for Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata)

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/recovery-plan-smalltooth-sawfish-pristis-pectinata
The goal of the recovery plan is to rebuild and assure the long-term viability of the U.S. DPS of smalltooth sawfish in the wild, allowing initially for reclassification from endangered to threatened status.

Final Recovery Plan for the Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis)

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/final-recovery-plan-sei-whale-balaenoptera-borealis
The 2011 Sei whale recovery plan which provides a research strategy to obtain data necessary to estimate population abundance, trends, and structure and identifies factors that may be limiting sei whale recovery

Recovery Plan for the Hawaiian Monk Seal

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/recovery-plan-hawaiian-monk-seal
The goal of this revised recovery plan, published in 2007, is to assure the long-term viability of the Hawaiian monk seal in the wild, allowing initially for reclassification to threatened status and, ultimately, removal from the List of Endangered and Th

Final Recovery Plan for the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera Physalus)

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/final-recovery-plan-fin-whale-balaenoptera-physalus
The goal of this recovery plan is to promote the recovery of fin whales to the point at which they can be downlisted from endangered to threatened status, and ultimately to remove them from the list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants, under
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