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03/28/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the Ribbon Seal Under the Endangered Species Act; Initiation of Status Review for 3 Other Ice Seals [pdf]
03/17/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to List 5 Rockfish Species in the Puget Sound Under the Endangered Species Act [pdf]
03/12/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to List Pacific Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) as a "DPS" under the Endangered Species Act and Initiation of a Status Review [pdf]
03/06/2008   Endangered Northern Right Whale Listed As Two Separate Endangered Species: North Pacific Right Whale (Eubalaena japonica) and North Atlantic Right Whale (E. glacialis) [pdf]
03/05/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to Reclassify the Loggerhead Turtle in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean as a "DPS" with Endangered Status and to Designate Critical Habitat [pdf]
03/05/2008   Final Revised Recovery Plan for the Steller Sea Lion
03/05/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to Reclassify the Loggerhead Turtle in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean as a "DPS" with Endangered Status and to Designate Critical Habitat [pdf]
02/11/2008   Oregon Coast ESU of Coho Salmon Listed as Threatened
02/07/2008   Use of the ESA Section 7 Counterpart Regulations for Projects that Support the National Fire Plan [pdf]
02/06/2008   Proposed Critical Habitat Designation for Threatened Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals [pdf]
01/31/2008   Proposed Changes to Marine Mammal Stranding Regulations Available for Public Comment Through March 31, 2008
01/24/2008   Final Recovery Plan for Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales
01/14/2008   Proposed Endangered Status for Black Abalone [pdf]
01/02/2008   Draft Columbia River Estuary ESA Recovery Plan Module for Salmon and Steelhead Available for Public Comment Through March 3, 2008
12/14/2007   Greater Protections Sought for Threatened Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals: Proposed 4(d) Rule
12/04/2007   5-Year Review of Johnson's Seagrass Published
11/27/2007   2008 List of Fisheries Published
11/16/2007   90-Day Finding for a Petition to Reclassify the Loggerhead Turtle in the North Pacific Ocean as a "DPS" with Endangered Status and to Designate Critical Habitat [pdf]
11/15/2007   Petition to Designate Western North Atlantic Loggerhead Sea Turtle as a "DPS" with Endangered Status [pdf]
10/23/2007   5-Year Review of Southern Right Whale Published [pdf]
10/09/2007   Final Recovery Plan for Upper Columbia River Spring-Run Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Trout
10/05/2007   Final Rule to Amend the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to Protect Right, Humpback, and Fin Whales [pdf]
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