As part of a dolphinfish management strategy evaluation, NOAA Fisheries conducted stakeholder workshops to develop conceptual management objectives, identify relevant uncertainties, and collect input on the type of management procedures to explore.
Section 4(c)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires, at least once every five years, a review of all threatened and endangered species to determine if they should be removed from the list of threatened or endangered species or changed in their listing status. The five-year review is also used to help track the recovery of a species.
This research summarizes acoustic detections of Rice’s whales in the western Gulf of Mexico, including new information demonstrating their regular occurrence in waters offshore of Texas and in the waters offshore of Mexico.