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: 4 petitioned species awaiting a 90-day finding, 14 candidate species for ESA listing, 1 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
Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Species Category Whales	Name of DPS or Stock Central America DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Western North Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska Name of DPS or Stock Arabian Sea DPS Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Cape Verde Islands/Northwest Africa DPS Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Mexico DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska 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 Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Western North Pacific stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Central North Pacific stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Foreign Name of DPS or Stock California, Oregon, Washington stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast 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 --- --- --- ---
Hector’s Dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	Name of DPS or Stock Maui's dolphin subspecies Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2017 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock South Island Hector's dolphin subspecies Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2017 --- --- 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 II --- --- --- ---
Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata	Species Category Sea Turtles	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1970 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Pacific Islands Southeast 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 --- --- --- ---
Hawaiian Monk Seal Neomonachus schauinslandi	Species Category Seals & Sea Lions	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1976 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Pacific Islands Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Pacific Islands Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Pacific Islands Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- ---
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 --- --- --- ---
Gulf Grouper Mycteroperca jordani	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- Critical Habitat No Region Foreign
Guadalupe Fur Seal Arctocephalus townsendi	Species Category Seals & Sea Lions	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1985 --- --- 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 Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- ---
Green Turtle Chelonia mydas	Species Category Sea Turtles	Name of DPS or Stock Central South Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Pacific Islands Name of DPS or Stock Central West Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Pacific Islands Name of DPS or Stock Mediterranean DPS Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Central North Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Pacific Islands Name of DPS or Stock East Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final --- Region West Coast Name of DPS or Stock North Atlantic DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock South Atlantic DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2016 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Southeast Name of DPS or Stock East Indian-West Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock North Indian DPS Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Southwest Indian DPS Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Southwest Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- 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 --- --- --- ---
Green Sturgeon Acipenser medirostris	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Southern DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2006 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
Green Sawfish Pristis zijsron Also Known As Narrowsnout sawfish	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2014 --- --- Region Foreign
Gray Whale Eschrichtius robustus	Species Category Whales	Name of DPS or Stock Western North Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1994; 1970 (original) --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Western North Pacific DPS Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- ---
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 --- --- --- ---
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus	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 --- --- --- ---
Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa Coral Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa Also Known As Euphyllia paradivisa	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 Proposed Region Pacific Islands
False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens	Species Category Whales Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	Name of DPS or Stock Main Hawaiian Islands Insular DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2012 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Pacific Islands Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Main Hawaiian Islands Insular stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska 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 II --- --- --- ---
European Sturgeon Acipenser sturio	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 I --- --- --- ---
Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Southern DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2010 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast
Elkhorn Coral Acropora palmata	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 --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex III --- --- --- ---
Dwarf Sawfish Pristis clavata	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 I --- --- --- ---
Dusky Sea Snake Aipysurus fuscus	Species Category Other	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2015 --- --- Region Foreign
Daggernose Shark Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2017 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
Common Guitarfish Rhinobatos rhinobatos	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2017 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
Common Angelshark Squatina squatina	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign
Coho Salmon (Protected) Oncorhynchus kisutch	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Central California Coast ESU Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2005; 1996 (original) Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Lower Columbia River ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2005 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Oregon coast ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2008 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Southern Oregon & Northern California coasts ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1997 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast
Chum Salmon (Protected) Oncorhynchus keta	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Columbia River ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Hood Canal summer-run ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast