All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
California Pelagic Longline Final Rule
NOAA Fisheries is issuing a final rule to prohibit shallow longline sets of the type normally targeting swordfish on the high seas in the Pacific Ocean east of 150° W. long. by vessels managed under the Fishery Management Plan for U.S.
Effective
04/12/2004
California and Oregon Drift Gillnet Final Rule
NOAA Fisheries is issuing a final rule to prohibit fishing with drift gillnets in the California/Oregon (CA/OR) thresher shark/swordfish drift gillnet fishery in U.S. waters off southern California in waters east of the 120°W., for the months of
Effective
01/15/2004
Designation of Southern Resident Killer Whales as a Depleted Stock Under MMPA
Following a review of the status of the eastern North Pacific Southern Resident stock of killer whales (Orcinus orca), NOAA Fisheries has determined that the stock is below its Optimal Sustainable Population (OSP) and, therefore, is depleted as defined in
Effective
06/30/2003
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
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
Designation of Critical Habitat for Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon
Designated Critical Habitat: Revision of Critical Habitat for
Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon
Published
10/25/1999
Designation of Critical Habitat for Central California Coast and Southern Oregon/Northern California Coasts Coho Salmon
Designated Critical Habitat; Central California Coast and
Southern Oregon/Northern California Coasts Coho Salmon
Published
05/05/1999
Pacific Offshore Cetacean Take Reduction Plan Regulations
These rules will allow acoustic deterrent devices to be deployed farther away from the net in the California/ Oregon drift gillnet fishery (CA/OR DGN fishery). The intended effect of this action is to allow acoustic devices to be more safely an
Effective
02/22/1999
Change in Listing Status of Steller Sea Lions, Reclassified as Two Distinct Population Segments - Western DPS Endangered, Eastern DPS Threatened
NOAA Fisheries is now reclassifying Steller sea lions as two distinct population segments under the ESA.
Effective
06/04/1997
Delisting the Eastern North Pacific Gray Whale from the ESA
The Service is amending the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (List) by revising the entry for the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) to remove the eastern North Pacific (California) population from the List while retaining the western
Published
06/16/1994