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Recovery Status Review for 15 Species of Indo-Pacific Reef-building Corals

April 04, 2024 - ESA Status Review ,

Pacific Islands

5-year review for 15 Indo-Pacific reef-building coral species

A 5-year review is a periodic analysis of a species’ status conducted to ensure that the listing classification of a species as threatened or endangered on the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants is accurate.

April 03, 2024 - ESA 5-Year Review ,

Pacific Islands

5-Year Reviews for 15 Threatened Indo-Pacific Reef-Building Corals

In 2021, NOAA Fisheries announced the initiation of a 5-year review for 15 Indo-Pacific reef-building coral species that are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. These include: Acropora globiceps, Acropora jacquelineae, Acropora lokani…

2021 Notice of Initiation and Request for Information (86 FR 1090, January 7, 2021)

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Pacific Islands

Published

04/19/2024

Must-Read Pacific Islands Stories of 2023

Year in review: Find out which of our stories you read the most and which ones we highly recommend.

December 29, 2023 - Feature Story ,

Pacific Islands

A person wearing scuba gear instructs two other divers as they use an adhesive applicator to affix corals to substrate underwater.

Kuleana Coral Reef’s NOAA-sponsored training program instructs how to apply adhesive to a substrate to attach a rescued coral of opportunity (one that has detached from the reef). Credit: Blake Nowack/Kuleana Coral Reefs

Meet Your Pacific Islands Protected Coral Species

Five of the 15 Indo-Pacific corals listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act occur in U.S. waters. Here they are!

December 07, 2023 - Feature Story ,

Pacific Islands

Yellow coral that has colonies of thick, finger-like branches that are always closely spaced.

Acropora globiceps at Tinian island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Under the Endangered Species Act, A. globiceps is listed as threatened in CNMI, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaiʻi, and the Pacific Remote Islands Area. Credit: Doug Fenner

Celebrate Corals Week

Corals Week is December 4–8, 2023! Join us in celebrating this diverse group of invertebrate animals and the reef habitats they create.

December 04, 2023 - Feature Story ,

National

Shallow water provides habitat for branching corals (Acropora spp), as seen here on a reef flat in Guam. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jonathan Brown

NOAA Fisheries Proposes Critical Habitat for Five Indo-Pacific Corals

Critical habitat proposed around 16 islands and atolls in U.S. Pacific Islands.

November 29, 2023 - Media Release ,

Pacific Islands

Light brown coral in a swirl-like shape with white edges.

Isopora crateriformis coral. Credit: Doug Fenner

Proposed Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for Indo-Pacific Corals

We, NOAA Fisheries, propose to designate critical habitat for five threatened coral species in U.S. waters in the Pacific Islands region, pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act. This proposal builds on and replaces a previous proposal in…

Proposed Rule

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Pacific Islands

Published

04/19/2024