All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Critical Habitat for Gulf Sturgeon
NOAA Fisheries and U.S. FWS designate critical habitat for the Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi), a threatened species listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Effective
04/18/2003
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 a
Effective
04/15/2003
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, t
Effective
09/03/2002
Notice of Determination - Not Proposing Critical Habitat for the Western Arctic Stock of Bowhead Whales
NOAA Fisheries received a petition on February 22, 2000, requesting that portions of the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi Seas be designated as critical habitat for the Western Arctic stock (which is also referred to as the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort stock, among o
Published
08/30/2002
Summer Flounder Trawling Requirements
To protect sea turtles, summer flounder trawlers in waters off Virginia (south of Cape Charles) and North Carolina must use an approved Turtle Excluder Device (TED) installed in a TED extension (a cylinder of webbing in which the TED is installed), constr
Effective
05/17/2002
Sea Turtle Handling and Resuscitation Requirements
Any sea turtle taken incidentally during the course of fishing or scientific research activities must be handled with due care to prevent injury, observed for activity, resuscitated if comatose or inactive, and returned to the water according to the proce
Effective
12/01/2001
ESA Listing Determination for Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy stock of Harbor Porpoise
NOAA Fisheries has completed a status review of the Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy (GOM/BOF) stock of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).
Published
10/19/2001
ESA Listing of White Abalone
Following completion of a comprehensive status review of the white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) and a review of factors affecting the species, NOAA Fisheries published a proposed rule to list the white abalone as an endangered species on May 5, 2000. Afte
Effective
06/28/2001
Critical Habitat for White Abalone
Following completion of a comprehensive status review of the white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) and a review of factors affecting the species, NOAA Fisheries published a proposed rule to list the white abalone as an endangered species on May 5, 2000.
Effective
06/28/2001
Listing the Cook Inlet Stock of Beluga Whales under the ESA - Not Warranted
NOAA Fisheries received two petitions in March 1999 to list the Cook Inlet, Alaska, stock beluga whales as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The most immediate threat to the stock identified by the petitioners was the high level of harvest that
Effective
06/22/2000