All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Listing of the Chinese River Dolphin Under the Endangered Species Act
Final rule of NOAA Fisheries determination that the Chinese river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer) should be listed as an endangered species according to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA).
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Marine Mammal Protection Act Depleted Designation for Northern Fur Seal
NOAA Fisheries is designating the Pribilof Island population of North Pacific fur seals as depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This action is required by the MMPA when a species or population stock falls below its optimum sustainable p
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Northern Fur Seal Subsistence and Handicraft Take Restrictions
Final rule to put restrictions upon the subsistence and handicraft taking of fur seals and provided that the harvest may be suspended once the subsistence needs of the Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos who live on the Pribilof Islands had been satisfied.
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Listing Guadalupe Fur Seal Under the ESA
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has determined that the Guadalupe fur seal (Actocephalus townsendi) should be listed as a threatened species according to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA).
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Listing of Vaquita Under the ESA
NOAA Fisheries adds the cochito (Gulf of California harbor porpoise), also known as vaquita, to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.
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Listing Totoaba Under the Endangered Species Act
On May 21, 1979, NOAA Fisheries published a final rule listing the totoaba as an endangered species throughout its range. This listing is pursuant to Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.
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Critical Habitat Designation for Leatherback Sea Turtles in Sandy Point, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) determines critical habitat for the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) in waters adjacent to Sandy Point Beach, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The action is being taken under Section 7 of the Endang
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Listing of Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Under the ESA
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Department of the Interior, determine the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (the Act). In
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Listing Hawaiian Monk Seal Under the Endangered Species Act
The Director, National Marine Fisheries Service and the Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hereby issue a notice of final rulemaking listing the Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) as an endangered species throughout its range, pur
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Listing of Blue Whale Under the ESA
By notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on July 30, 1970 (35FR12222), notice was given that it was proposed to amend Appendix A to Part 17 of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations by adding additional names to the list…
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