This 5-year review is a periodic analysis of the Hawaiian monk seal to ensure that the listing classification as threatened or endangered on the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants is accurate.
The goal of ESA recovery under this plan is to improve the viability of these salmon and steelhead, and the ecosystems upon which they depend, to the point that they no longer require ESA protection.
NOAA Fisheries periodically reviews species to ensure that they are listed under the Endangered Species Act appropriately. Because the ESA requires these reviews at least once every 5 years, they are referred to as 5-year reviews.
This Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement assesses the environmental impacts associated with research on northern fur seals and Steller sea lions.
The Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (2007) is the primary law that governs marine fisheries management in U.S. federal waters.
On October 6 and 12, 2006, NOAA Fisheries received applications from ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. and Union Oil Company of California, respectively, requesting Incidental Harassment Authorizations.
This document provides a summary of the information gathered for an Endangered Species Act (ESA) status review for Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus). Initial reviews of the Atlantic sturgeon status began in 1977 when the Research Managem