Acropora speciosa coral

Initiation of a 5-Year Review of Indo-Pacific Reef-building Corals

• Notice of initiation; request for information (86 FR 1090, 01/07/21)

Proposed Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for the Threatened Indo-Pacific Corals

• Second extension of comment period notice (86 FR 8749, 02/09/2021)
• Notice of public hearings (85 FR 83899, 12/23/2020)
• Proposed Rule (85 FR 76262, 11/27/2020)

• January 2021 Public Hearing Presentation Summary (PDF, 31 pages)
• General Information on Proposed Coral Critical Habitat in the U.S. Pacific Isla…
• Maps of all Critical Habitat Units from the Proposed Rule (PDF, 11 pages)
• Maps of Proposed Critical Habitat on Tutuila, Ofu, Olosega, Guam, Saipan, Tinia…
• Draft ESA Critical Habitat Information Report (PDF, 165)
• Draft Economic Impact Report (PDF, 109 pages)
• Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis (PDF, 15 pages)

Listing of 20 Reef-Building Coral Species Under the ESA

• Final Rule (79 FR 53852, September 10, 2014)
• Proposed Rule (77 FR 73219, December 7, 2012)
• 90-day Finding (75 FR 6616, February 10, 2010)

• Status Review Report of 82 candidate coral species (2011)
• Management Report for 82 corals (2012)
• Petition (2009)
• Supplemental Information Report (2012)
• Literature Cited in the Final Rule
• Final Management Report
• U.S. Distributions of the 15 ESA-listed Indo-Pacific Coral Species
• Field Identification Guide to the Threatened Corals of the U.S. Pacific Islands