Southeast Results
Recovery Plan for Shortnose Sturgeon
NOAA Fisheries announces the availability of the final recovery plan for the shortnose sturgeon, as required by the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA).
Effective
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 …
Effective
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…
Effective
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…
Published
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…
Published