National Results
Depleted Designation for Western North Atlantic Coastal Migratory Stock of Bottlenose Dolphins
NMFS designates the coastal migratory stock of bottlenose dolphins along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast as depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This action is required by the MMPA when a species or population stock is determined to have…
Published
Regulations to Protect Sea Turtles from Shrimp Trawlers and Other Fisheries
NOAA Fisheries amends the sea turtle conservation measures and the interim final rule currently in effect. As of December 1, 1992, this final rule requires shrimp trawlers to comply with sea turtle conservation measures …
Effective
Listing of Vaquita Under the ESA
NOAA Fisheries adds the cochito (Gulf of California harbor porpoise), also known as vaquita, to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.
Effective
Critical Habitat Designation for Leatherback Sea Turtles in Sandy Point, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) determines critical habitat for the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) in waters adjacent to Sandy Point Beach, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The action is being taken under Section 7 of the…
Published
Listing of Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Under the ESA
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Department of the Interior, determine the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (the Act)…
Effective