Many West Coast salmon and steelhead (Oncorhynchus sp.) stocks have declined substantially from their historical numbers and now are at a fraction of their historical abundance.
Five-year reviews describe whether recovery is on track in the context of the recovery plan, explain what the most significant accomplishments have been over the previous five years, and identify the greatest immediate challenges for species recovery.
Five-year reviews describe whether recovery is on track in the context of the recovery plan, explain what the most significant accomplishments have been over the previous five years, and identify the greatest immediate challenges for species recovery.
NOAA Fisheries has published a 5-year review of staghorn coral, elkhorn coral, pillar coral, rough cactus coral, lobed star coral, mountainous star coral, and boulder star coral.
The strategy establishes a system of governance that describes the working relationships between the two federal agencies (USFWS and NOAA-Fisheries), Maine Department of Marine Resources (MDMR), Penobscot Nation and stakeholders.
On June 30, 2022, NOAA Fisheries gave U.S. Environmental Protection Agency its final biological opinion relative to the potential effects of the pesticides chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion on threatened or endangered species & their critical habitat.
The recovery outline will serve as an interim guidance document and, with the existing species-wide recovery plan, direct recovery efforts, including recovery planning, for the Central America, Mexico, and Western North Pacific DPSs of humpback whales.