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"Not Warranted" 12-Month Findings

Species or populations for which we have completed a status review and have determined that listing, reclassification, or delisting is not warranted at this time.

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Once we have accepted a petition to list, reclassify, or delist a species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), or to revise its critical habitat, we review the best available scientific and commercial information to determine whether the petitioned action is warranted.

For listing, reclassification, and delisting considerations, this information is usually compiled in a status review document. If, after reviewing this information and considering ongoing conservation efforts, we determine that listing, reclassification, or delisting is not warranted, we publish this decision in a “12-month finding” in the Federal Register. [Note: For NOAA Fisheries-initiated status reviews, we simply call this finding a “Notice of Determination”]

Learn more about the ESA Petition and Listing Process >

Below are those species or populations for which we have completed a status review and have determined that listing, reclassification, or delisting is not warranted at this time.

Fish

Species Requested ESA Action

Status
Review

 Federal Register Notice (2005-present)
alewife
(Alosa pseudoharengus)		 List as Threatened and Designate Critical Habitat 2012
2019		 78 FR 48943
84 FR 28630
clownfish, orange
(Amphiprion percula)

List as Threatened or
Endangered under ESA

 2015 80 FR 51235
herring, Pacific
(Clupea pallasi)

List Lynn Canal Population as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat

2008

70 FR 33116
herring, Pacific
(Clupea pallasi)
  • Southeast Alaska DPS
 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2005 79 FR 18518
herring, Pacific
(Clupea pallasi)
  • Southeast Alaska DPS
 (NOAA Fisheries-initiated) 2014 73 FR 843
marlin, white
(Kajikia albidus)

List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat

 2007 73 FR 843
parrotfish, bumphead
(Bolbometopon muricatum)

List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat

2011

(Status Review Report)

2012

(Management Report)

 77 FR 66799
parrotfish, greenback
(Scarus trispinosus)		 List as Threatened or Endangered 2015 80 FR 26899
ray, Caribbean electric
(Narcine bancroftii)

List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat

Supplement to Petition

 2016 81 FR 47763
ray, reef manta
(Manta alfredi)		 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2016 82 FR 3694
ray, undulate
(Raja undulata)		 List as Threatened or Endangered 2015 80 FR 26899

rockfish, greenstriped
(Sebastes elongatus)

  • Puget Sound Proper DPS
 List Puget Sound Proper DPS as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2010 74 FR 18516

rockfish, redstripe
(Sebastes proriger)

  • Puget Sound Proper DPS
 List Puget Sound Proper DPS as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2010 74 FR 18516

salmon, Chinook
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

  • Upper Klamath and Trinity River Basin ESU

List UKTR ESU as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat

2011

81 FR 3346

salmon, Chinook
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

  • Snake River fall-run ESU
 Delist the Snake River fall-run Chinook salmon ESU 2016 82 FR 4022

salmon, Chinook
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

  • Oregon Coast spring-run population
 List as a Threatened or Endangered ESU and Designate Critical Habitat  2021 (ESU Configuration Report) 86 FR 45970

salmon, Chinook
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

  • Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal spring-run population
 List as a Threatened or Endangered ESU and Designate Critical Habitat  2021 (ESU Configuration Report) 86 FR 45970

seahorse, dwarf
(Hippocampus zosterae)

 List as Threatened or Endangered under the ESA 2020 85 FR 45377
shad, Alabama
(Alosa alabamae)		 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat n/a 82 FR 4022
shark, bigeye thresher
(Alopias superciliosus)		 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2016 81 FR 18979
shark, common thresher
(Alopias vulpinus)		 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2016 81 FR 18979

shark, dusky
(Carcharhinus obscurus)

  • Northwest Atlantic (NWA) DPS

List the Northwest Atlantic population or Entire Species as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat

List the Northwest Atlantic population or Entire Species as Threatened and Designate Critical Habitat

 2014 79 FR 74684
shark, great hammerhead
(Sphyrna mokarran)

List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat

List the Northwest Atlantic Population or Entire Species as Threatened and Designate Critical Habitat

 2014 79 FR 33509
shark, Harrisson's dogfish
(Centrophorus harrissoni)		 List as Threatened or Endangered 2015 81 FR 3023
shark, porbeagle
(Lamna nasus)

List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat

List the Northwest Atlantic Population as Endangered

 2016 81 FR 50463

shark, scalloped hammerhead
(Sphyrna lewini)

  • NW Atlantic & GOM DPS
  • Central Pacific DPS
 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2014  78 FR 20717

shark, shortfin mako
(Isurus oxyrinchus)

 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2022 87 FR 68236
shark, smooth hammerhead
(Sphyrna zygaena)		 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2016 81 FR 41934

shark, white
(Carcharodon carcharias)

  • Northeastern Pacific DPS

List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat

List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat

 2013 78 FR 40104
skate, graytail
(Bathyraja griseocauda)		 List as Threatened or Endangered 2015 80 FR 76067
skate, thorny
(Amblyraja radiata)		 List the Northwest Atlantic or U.S. population as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2017 82 FR 11540
steelhead
(Oncorhynchus mykiss)		 List the Northern California Summer-run Population as an Endangered Distinct Population Segment 2019 85 FR 6527
sturgeon, shortnose 
(Acipenser brevirostrum)		 Delist the Saint John River Population N/A 80 FR 65183
tuna, Atlantic bluefin
(Thunnus thynnus)		 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2011 76 FR 31556
tuna, Pacific bluefin
(Thunnus orientalis)		 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2017 82 FR 37060
wolffish, Atlantic
(Anarhichas lupus)		 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat  2009 74 FR 57436
wrasse, humphead
(Cheilinus undulatus)		 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2015 79 FR 57875

Corals

Species Requested ESA Action Status Review Federal Register Notice (2005-present)
coral, cauliflower 
(Pocillopora meandrina)

List as Threatened or  Endangered in a significant portion of its range and Designate Critical Habitat

2019 
(General Status Assessment)

2019 
(Status Review Report)

 85 FR 40480
coral (16 species)
(Cyphastrea agassizi)
(Cyphastrea ocellina)
(Galaxea astreata)
(Heliopora coerulea)
(Leptoseris incrustans)
(Leptoseris yabei)
(Pavona bipartita)
(Pavona cactus)
(Pavona decussata)
(Pavona venosa)
(Porites (Clade 1 forma pukoensis))
(Psammocora stellata)
(Turbinaria mesenterina)
(Turbinaria peltata)
(Turbinaria reniformis)
(Turbinaria stellulata)		 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat

2011
(Status Review Report)

2012
(Supplemental Information)


2012
(Management Report)

 77 FR 73220
coral (46 species)
(Acanthastrea brevis)
(Acanthastrea hemprichii)
(Acanthastrea ishigakiensis)
(Acanthastrea regularis)
(Acropora aculeus)
(Acropora acuminata)
(Acropora aspera)
(Acropora dendrum)
(Acropora donei)
(Acropora horrida)
(Acropora listeria)
(Acropora microclados)
(Acropora palmerae)
(Acropora paniculata)
(Acropora polystoma)
(Acropora striata)
(Acropora vaughani)
(Acropora verweyi)
(Agaricia lamarcki)
(Alevopora allingi)
(Alevopora fenestrata)
(Alevopora verrilliana)
(Anacropora puertogalerae)
(Astreopora cucullata)
(Barabattoia laddi)
(Caulastrea echinulata)
(Dichocoenia stokesii)
(Euphyllia cristata)
(Euphyllia paraancora)
(Isopora cuneata)
(Millepora foveolata)
(Millepora tuberosa)
(Montipora angulata)
(Montipora calcarea)
(Montipora caliculata)
(Montipora dilatata/flabellata/turgescens)
(Montipora lobulata)
(Montipora patula/verrilli)
(Pachyseris rugosa)
(Pectinia alcicornis)
(Physogyra lichtensteini)
(Pocillopora danae)
(Pocillopora elegans (E Pacific))
(Pocillopora elegans (Indo-Pacific))
(Porites horizontalata)
(Porites nigrescens)		 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat

2011
(Status Review Report)

2012
(Supplemental Information)


2012
(Management Report)

 79 FR 53852
coral, fused-staghorn
(Acropora prolifera)
*not considered a "species" under ESA		 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2005 70 FR 13151

Other Marine Invertebrates

Species Requested ESA Action Status Review Federal Register Notice (2005-present)
abalone, pinto
(Haliotis kamtschatkana)

List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat

List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat

 2014 79 FR 77998
conch, queen
(Strombus gigas)		 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2014 79 FR 65628
oyster, Eastern
(Crassostrea virginica)		 List as Threatened or Endangered
*petition withdrawn		  2007 72 FR 35388
teatfish, black
(Holothuria nobilis)		 List as Threatened or Endangered 2021 86 FR 68477

Marine Mammals

Species Requested ESA Action Status Review Federal Register Notice (2005-present)
dolphin, Indo-Pacific humpback 
(Sousa chinensis)		 List the Eastern Taiwan Strait Population as Threatened or Endangered N/A 79 FR 74954
dolphin, bottlenose
(Tursiops truncatus)		 List the Fiordland, New Zealand Population as Threatened or Endangered N/A 80 FR 35306
porpoise, harbor
(Phocoena phocoena)		 List the Baltic Sea Population as Threatened or Endangered N/A 80 FR 15557
seal, Pacific harbor
(Phoca vitulina richardii)		 List the Iliamna Lake Population as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2016
(DPS evaluation)		 81 FR 81074
seal, ribbon
(Histriophoca fasciata)		 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2013 78 FR 41371

seal, spotted
(Phoca largha)

  • Bering DPS
  • Okhotsk DPS
 List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2009  75 FR 65239

whale, humpback
(Megaptera novaeangliae)

 

  • Brazil DPS
  • East Australia DPS
  • Gabon/Southwest Africa DPS
  • Hawaii DPS
  • Oceania DPS
  • Southeast Africa/Madagascar DPS
  • Southeastern Pacific DPS
  • West Australia DPS
  • West Indies DPS

(NOAA Fisheries-initiated)

 2015

81 FR 62259
whale, humpback
(Megaptera novaeangliae)		 Delist the North Pacific Population 2015 80 FR 22304

whale, killer
(Orcinus orca)

  • Southern Resident DPS
 Delist the Southern Resident killer whale DPS 2013 78 FR 47277
whale, sperm
(Physeter macrocephalus)		 List Gulf of Mexico Population as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat 2013 78 FR 68032

Marine Reptiles

Species Requested ESA Action Status Review Federal Register Notice (2005-present)

sea turtle, green
(Chelonia mydas)

  • Central North Pacific DPS
 Delist the Hawaiian Population 2015 80 FR 15271
sea turtle, leatherback
(Dermochelys coriacea)		 Identify the Northwest Atlantic Population as a DPS and List as Threatened 2020 85 FR 48332

Last updated by Office of Protected Resources on 11/14/2022