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Critical Habitat Designation For Leatherback Sea Turtles Along the U.S. West Coast

We, the NOAA Fisheries, issue a final rule to revise the current critical habitat for the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) by designating additional areas within the Pacific Ocean. This designation includes approximately 16,910 square miles…
Final Rule
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West Coast
Effective
05/20/2024

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Pelagic Longline Final Rule

This final rule implements new sea turtle bycatch and bycatch mortality mitigation measures for all Atlantic vessels that have pelagic longline (PLL) gear onboard and that have been issued, or are required to have, Federal HMS limited access permits,…
Final Rule
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New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Effective
05/20/2024

Turtle Excluder Device Double Cover Flap Modification Final Rule

NOAA Fisheries is amending the turtle excluder device (TED) regulations that require most shrimp trawlers to use TEDs in the southeastern Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico to reduce the incidental capture of endangered and threatened sea turtles during…
Final Rule
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Southeast
Effective
05/20/2024

California Pelagic Longline Final Rule

  NOAA Fisheries is issuing a final rule to prohibit shallow longline sets of the type normally targeting swordfish on the high seas in the Pacific Ocean east of 150° W. long. by vessels managed under the Fishery Management Plan for U.S…
Final Rule
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West Coast
Effective
05/20/2024

Turtle Excluder Device Opening Final Rule

NOAA Fisheries is amending the turtle excluder device (TED) regulations to enhance their effectiveness in reducing sea turtle mortality resulting from trawling in the southeastern United States. NOAA Fisheries has determined that: - some current…
Final Rule
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Southeast
Effective
05/20/2024

Virginia and North Carolina Large Mesh Gillnet Final Rule

The purpose of this action is to reduce the impact of large-mesh gillnet fisheries on endangered and threatened species of sea turtles, primarily the monkfish fishery which uses large-mesh gillnet gear and operates in the area when sea turtles are…
Final Rule
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New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Effective
05/20/2024

Pamlico Sound Gillnet Final Rule

NOAA Fisheries is closing the waters of Pamlico Sound, NC, to fishing with gillnets with a mesh size larger than 4 1/4 inch (10.8 cm) stretched mesh (“large-mesh gillnet”), on a seasonal basis, from September 1 through December 15 each year,…
Final Rule
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Southeast
Effective
05/20/2024

Biological Opinion on the Authorization of the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Groundfish Fisheries and the Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries

Biological opinion to determine whether the BSAI or GOA groundfish fisheries jeopardize the continued existence of listed species in the areas affected by the fisheries (i.e., the action areas) or adversely modify critical habitat of such species.
November 30, 2000 - Biological Opinion ,
Alaska

Recovery Plans for Leatherback Sea Turtle

NOAA Fisheries has issued separate recovery plans for leatherback sea turtles for the U.S. Pacific and the U.S. Caribbean, Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico.
Notice
,
National
Published
05/20/2024

Recovery Plan for U.S. Pacific Populations of the Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

The leatherback turtle is listed as Endangered throughout its range. In the Pacific, leatherback populations are in severe decline and recovery actions must be given the highest priority. Primary threats to the species are incidental take in coastal and h
January 12, 1998 - Recovery Plan ,
National