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: 45 petitioned species are the subject of petitions awaiting 90-day findings, 3 candidate species for ESA listing, and 9 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

Region

Display

Species Name	Species Category	Protected Status
Yelloweye Rockfish Sebastes ruberrimus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Puget Sound/ Georgia Basin DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2010 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast
White Abalone Haliotis sorenseni	Species Category Invertebrates Abalone	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2001 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Not Prudent Region West Coast
Vaquita Phocoena sinus Also Known As Gulf of California harbor porpoise, Cochito	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 1985 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- ---
Tubastraea floreana Coral Tubastraea floreana	Species Category Invertebrates Corals	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2015 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
Totoaba Totoaba macdonaldi	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 1979 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- ---
Taiwanese Humpback Dolphin Sousa chinensis taiwanensis	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	Name of DPS or Stock Taiwanese Humpback Dolphin subspecies Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2018 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- ---
Striped Smoothhound Shark Mustelus fasciatus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2017 --- --- Region Foreign
Steller Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus	Species Category Seals & Sea Lions	Name of DPS or Stock Western Distinct Population Segment (DPS) Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1997; 1990 (original) Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Western DPS Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast
Steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Salmon & Steelhead	Name of DPS or Stock Southern California DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1997 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock California Central Valley DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1998 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Central California Coast DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1997 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Lower Columbia River DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1998 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Middle Columbia River Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Northern California DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2000 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Puget Sound DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2007 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Snake River Basin DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2006 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock South-Central California Coast DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1997 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Upper Columbia River DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2006; 1997 (original) Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Upper Willamette River DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Middle Columbia River XN Species Status ESA Experimental Population --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast --- --- --- --- --- ---
Staghorn Coral Acropora cervicornis	Species Category Invertebrates Corals	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2006 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region 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 II --- --- --- ---
Spotted Seal Phoca largha	Species Category Seals & Sea Lions	Name of DPS or Stock Southern DPS Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2010 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Southern DPS Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska Foreign
Spiny Angelshark Squatina guggenheim	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2017 --- --- Region Foreign
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus	Species Category Whales	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1970 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast 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 --- --- --- ---
Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis	Species Category Whales	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 1970 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- ---
Sockeye Salmon (Protected) Oncorhynchus nerka	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Salmon & Steelhead	Name of DPS or Stock Snake River ESU Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1991 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Ozette Lake ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast
Smoothback Angelshark Squatina oculata	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign
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 --- --- --- ---
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 --- --- --- ---
Seriatopora aculeata Coral Seriatopora aculeata	Species Category Invertebrates Corals	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2014 Recovery Plan Under Development --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis	Species Category Whales	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1970 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast 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 --- --- --- ---
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 --- --- --- ---
Sawback Angelshark Squatina aculeata	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign
Sakhalin Sturgeon Acipenser mikadoi	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2014 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
Rough Cactus Coral Mycetophyllia ferox	Species Category Invertebrates Corals	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2014 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region 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 --- --- --- ---
Ringed Seal Pusa hispida	Species Category Seals & Sea Lions	Name of DPS or Stock Ladoga subspecies Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2012 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Saimaa subspecies Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 1993 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Arctic subspecies Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2012 (original); 2018 (reinstated) --- Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska Name of DPS or Stock Baltic subspecies Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2012 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Okhotsk subspecies Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2012 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Arctic subspecies Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Baltic subspecies Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Ladoga subspecies Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Okhotsk subspecies Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Saimaa subspecies Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska Foreign

Disclaimer: NOAA Fisheries makes reasonable efforts to maintain the accuracy and timeliness of this dataset and the information displayed in the ESA species directory. However, some information may lag behind recent regulatory actions. Users should verify time-sensitive details using primary sources such as Federal Register notices or contact a NOAA Fisheries representative to validate. For threatened species, protective regulations can be viewed online in the eCFR at 50 CFR 223 Subpart B. For additional prohibitions applicable to endangered marine mammals, please see 50 CFR 223.103 and 223.105, and for additional requirements for fishing activities and endangered sea turtles, please see 50 CFR 224. The export of species information does not satisfy coordination or consultation requirements with NOAA Fisheries.

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