All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
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
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
Designation of Critical Habitat for Johnson's Seagrass
Designation of Critical Habitat for Johnson's Seagrass
Effective
05/05/2000
Recovery Plan for Shortnose Sturgeon
Read the recovery plan for shortnose sturgeon.
Effective
12/17/1998
Critical Habitat for Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), NMFS is designating critical habitat for the threatened green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) to include coastal waters surrounding Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, and the endangered hawksbill sea turtle (Ere
Effective
10/02/1998
Regulations Governing the Approach to North Atlantic Right Whales
Disturbance is identified in the Final Recovery Plan for the Northern Right Whale (Recovery Plan) as among the principal human-induced factors impeding recovery of the northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) (NMFS, 1991). NMFS is issuing this interim f
Published
02/13/1997
Listing of Gulf Sturgeon Under the ESA
The Service determines the Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi) to be a threatened species, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. This rule has been coordinated with NOAA and they have cosigned the document. This large
Effective
10/30/1991
Listing Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles Under the ESA
Kemp's Ridley sea turtles were added to the pre-cursor of the Endangered Species Act by a rulemaking published in the Federal Register on December 2, 1970 (35 FR 18319), to amend Appendix A to Part 17 of Title 50 CFR by
Published
12/02/1970
Listing Shortnose Sturgeon Under the ESA
Shortnose sturgeon were protected In accordance with Section 1(c) of the Endangered Species Preservation Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 926: 16 U.S.C. 668aa(c)) after consulting the States, interested organizations and individual scientists, and f
Published
03/11/1967