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11/01/2009		Vessel Speed Restrictions in Effect in Waters Off U.S. Mid-Atlantic States to Reduce the Threat of Ship Collisions with North Atlantic Right Whales
10/28/2009		Announcing the National Marine Animal Health and Stranding Network Conference: April 6-9, 2010
10/15/2009		NMFS Proposes to List the Southern DPS of Spotted Seals as Threatened under the ESA; NMFS Will Not List the Bering Sea DPS or Okhotsk Sea DPS [pdf]
10/09/2009		NMFS Designates Critical Habitat for Green Sturgeon along the West Coast [pdf]
10/02/2009		Endangered Species Bulletin Highlights Marine and Anadromous Species [pdf]
09/18/2009		Funded FY2009 Prescott Grant Proposals Announced
09/02/2009		NMFS Designates Critical Habitat for Smalltooth Sawfish in Areas of Florida
08/12/2009		NMFS Initiates Status Review for Humpback Whales and Requests Information
08/11/2009		Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) 2009 Status Review
07/29/2009		90-Day Finding on a Petition to List Largetooth Sawfish Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA); NMFS To Conduct Status Review
07/23/2009		Draft Recovery Plan for Southern California Distinct Population Segment of Steelhead Open for Public Comment Through 09/21/2009
07/21/2009		NMFS Proposes Changes to the Harbor Porpoise "Take" Reduction Plan; Open for Public Comment Through 08/20/2009 [pdf]
07/16/2009		FY2010 NOAA Grant Funds Now Available, Including Protected Species Cooperative Conservation (ESA Section 6) and Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grants [pdf]
07/01/2009		Public Comment Period Extended Through 8/10/2009 on EIS for Sea Turtle Conservation and Recovery in Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Trawl Fisheries [pdf]
06/26/2009		2009 Draft Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports Available for Public Comment Through 09/24/2009
06/19/2009		NMFS and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Expand the Endangered Gulf of Maine "DPS" of Atlantic Salmon
06/11/2009		NMFS Proposes 2010 List of Fisheries with Marine Mammal Interactions; Available for Public Comment Through 08/10/2009 [pdf]
05/28/2009		Report from Workshop on Technologies to Reduce Ship Strikes of Large Whales [pdf]
05/26/2009		Changes in Vessel Operations May Reduce Risk of Endangered Whale Ship Strikes [pdf]
05/21/2009		NMFS Proposes to Apply ESA "Take" Prohibitions to the Southern DPS of Green Sturgeon; Available for Public Comment Through July 20, 2009 [pdf]
05/19/2009		NMFS Finalizes Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan to Reduce Bycatch of Pilot Whales and Risso's Dolphins [pdf]
05/08/2009		NMFS Will Prepare an EIS for Sea Turtle Conservation and Recovery in Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Trawl Fisheries and Will Conduct Public Scoping Meetings [pdf]