All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Availability of Draft Recovery Plan and Draft Recovery Implementation Strategy for the Main Hawaiian Islands Insular False Killer Whale and Notice of
Notice of Availability of Draft Recovery Plan and Draft Recovery Implementation Strategy, and Notice of Initiation of a 5-Year Review for the main Hawaiian Islands insular false killer whale distinct population segment.
Published
10/15/2020
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Mariana Islands Training and Testing (MITT)
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Mariana Islands Training and Testing (MITT)
Effective
07/31/2020
12-Month Finding on Petition to List Pocillopora Meandrina Under the Endangered Species Act
Comparison of P. meandrina (left) and P. eydouxi (right), Philippines. Photo courtesy of Doug Fenner.
NOAA Fisheries' 12-month negative finding to list P. meandrina as threatened or endangered.
Published
07/06/2020
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark 5-Year Review
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark 5-Year Review
Published
05/14/2020
5-Year Review of North Pacific Distinct Population Segment of Loggerhead Sea Turtle
5-Year Review of North Pacific DPS of Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Published
04/07/2020
Determination on the Designation of Critical Habitat for Oceanic Whitetip Shark
We, NOAA Fisheries, have determined that a designation of critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) is not prudent at this time
Published
03/05/2020
Determination on the Designation of Critical Habitat for Chambered Nautilus
Chambered nautilus critical habitat determination
Published
01/29/2020
Determination on the Designation of Critical Habitat for Giant Manta Ray
Notice of Critical Habitat Determination for the Giant Manta Ray
Published
12/05/2019
Announcement of a Recovery Planning Workshop for the Oceanic Whitetip Shark
We, NOAA Fisheries, are convening a workshop to solicit facts and information from experts to inform recovery planning for the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus). We will not be asking for a consensus recommendation on how to recover the oce
Published
10/15/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Operations of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar (beginning in
OAA Fisheries, upon request from the U.S. Navy, issues these regulations pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act to govern the taking of marine mammals incidental to the use of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor Systems Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA
Effective
08/12/2019