Species Directory

ESA Threatened & Endangered

NOAA Fisheries has jurisdiction over 165 endangered and threatened marine species (80 endangered; 85 threatened), including 66 foreign species (40 endangered; 26 threatened).

Additional species are currently under review or have been proposed for Endangered Species Act listing: 1 petitioned species awaiting a 90-day finding, 9 candidate species for ESA listing, 11 proposed species for ESA listing.

In the table below, the Region column shows if the species can be found in a NOAA Fisheries region. If the species occurs only in areas beyond the U.S. exclusive economic zone and territorial waters, the region is labeled as Foreign.

Species Name	Species Category	Protected Status
Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Carolina DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2012 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Chesapeake Bay DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2012 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock New York Bight DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2012 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock South Atlantic DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2012 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Gulf of Maine DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2012 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast
Giant Manta Ray Mobula birostris	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2018 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Not Prudent Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex III --- --- --- ---
Gulf Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1991 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
Nassau Grouper Epinephelus striatus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Reef Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Proposed Region Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex III --- --- --- ---
Oceanic Whitetip Shark Carcharhinus longimanus	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Protected Fish Sharks	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2018 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Not Prudent Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex III --- --- --- ---
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna lewini	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Protected Fish Sharks	Name of DPS or Stock Eastern Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2014 --- Critical Habitat No Region West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Eastern Atlantic DPS Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2014 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Central & Southwest Atlantic DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2014 --- Critical Habitat No Region Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Indo-West Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2014 --- Critical Habitat No Region Pacific Islands Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex III --- --- --- ---
Shortnose Sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1967 Recovery Plan Final --- Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- ---
Smalltooth Sawfish Pristis pectinata	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock U.S. Population Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2003 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Non-U.S. Population Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2014 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- ---