Archived Hot Topics
Archived Hot Topics
- 09/30/2013
- Comment Period Extended on Proposed Rule To Designate Critical Habitat for Loggerhead Sea Turtles in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean
- 09/29/2013
- Updated data on dolphin/ whale (Cetacean) Unusual Mortality Event in Northern Gulf of Mexico
- 09/23/2013
- Updated Data on Bottlenose Dolphin Unusual Mortality Event in the Mid-Atlantic
- 09/19/2013
- Final listing decision on 66 corals and the reclassification of 2 Acropora corals expected June 2014; listing decision extended by 6 months in order to solicit additional data
- 09/10/2013
- NMFS issues ESA permit to NC Division of Marine Fisheries to incidentally take sea turtles in the NC inshore gillnet fishery
- 09/04/2013
- NMFS issues permit for incidental take of individuals from the CA/OR/WA stocks of fin, humpback, and sperm whales in CA thresher shark/ swordfish drift gillnet fishery (>14 inch mesh) and WA/OR/CA sablefish pot fishery
- 09/03/2013
- FY13 Grants Awarded for John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program
- 08/29/2013
- 90-day finding on petition to delist the North Pacific population of humpback whales; status review initiated and request for scientific and commercial information on the North Pacific humpback whale population through 10/28/2013
- 08/29/2013
- NOAA publishes 2013 List of Fisheries classifying U.S. commercial fisheries into one of three Categories according to the level of incidental mortality or serious injury of marine mammals
- 08/29/2013
- NOAA and USFWS propose to amend regulations governing Incidental Take Statements (ITS) for endangered species
- 08/25/2013
- Updated data on increase in sea turtle strandings in the Gulf of Mexico
- 08/15/2013
- Negative 90-day finding on a petition to list the whale shark under the Endangered Species Act
- 08/12/2013
- ESA Listing Not Warranted for Alewife and Blueback Herring
- 08/08/2013
- Unusual Mortality Event Declared for Bottlenose Dolphins in the Mid-Atlantic
- 08/06/2013
- Proposed designation of critical habitat for yelloweye rockfish, canary rockfish, and bocaccio of the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin
- 08/06/2013
- NOAA Fisheries denies Georgia Aquarium request to import 18 beluga whales from Russia
- 08/01/2013
- FY2014 Federal Funding Opportunity for Species Recovery Grants to Tribes
- 08/01/2013
- FY2014 Federal Funding Opportunity for Species Recovery Grants to States
- 08/01/2013
- FY13 Species Recovery Grant funded projects announced
- 07/31/2013
- Negative 90-day finding on a petition to delist the Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast (SONCC) Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) of coho salmon under the Endangered Species Act.
- 07/29/2013
- NMFS to hold 16 public hearings, from Aug 5-Sep 12, on proposed amendments to regulations implementing the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
- 07/18/2013
- Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for the Northwest Atlantic Ocean Loggerhead Sea Turtle Distinct Population Segment (DPS)
- 07/16/2013
- NMFS proposes to amend the regulations implementing the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
- 07/16/2013
- Draft Environmental Assessment on the Effects of Issuing Incidental Take Permit for Sea Turtles to the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries for the Continued Operation of the North Carolina Inshore Gillnet Fishery
- 07/12/2013
- NMFS announces the adoption of Recovery Plan for Lower Columbia River salmon and steelhead
- 07/11/2013
- NMFS Announces 2010-2012 Endangered Species Act (ESA) Biennial Report to Congress
- 07/10/2013
- NOAA concludes that listing the ribbon seal as threatened or endangered is not warranted
- 07/06/2013
- Save the Vaquita Day
- 07/03/2013
- Notice of Intent To Prepare a Recovery Plan for Pacific Eulachon
- 07/02/2013
- NOAA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publish 5-year review of hawksbill sea turtles
- 07/02/2013
- NOAA Fisheries determines that the Northeastern Pacific white shark DPS does not warrant listing under the ESA at this time
- 06/25/2013
- Notice of Intent To Prepare a Recovery Plan for Oregon Coast Coho Salmon
- 06/18/2013
- Federal Funding Opportunity for John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program ("Prescott Grant Program") for FY2014
- 06/06/2013
- NOAA Fisheries announces the adoption and availability of the final Recovery Plan for the North Pacific right whale
- 06/05/2013
- NOAA proposal extends rule reducing risk of whale ship strikes along U.S. East Coast
- 06/04/2013
- NOAA Fisheries proposes to list dwarf, green, and narrow sawfishes as endangered
- 05/23/2013
- Status of Efforts to Implement Recommendations from NAS Report on Ecological Risk Assessment for Endangered and Threatened Species under FIFRA and ESA
- 05/19/2013
- 2013 California Sea Lion Unusual Mortality Event in California Data Updated
- 05/17/2013
- NOAA Celebrates Endangered Species Day
- 05/16/2013
- Feeding or Harassing Marine Mammals in the Wild is Illegal and Harmful to the Animals
- 05/16/2013
- 90-day finding on petition to list the Pacific harbor seals in Iliamna Lake; status review initiated and request for scientific and commercial information on Pacific harbor seals in Iliamna Lake through 07/16/2013
- 05/16/2013
- 90-day finding on dusky shark petitions; status review initiated and request for scientific and commercial information on the NW Atlantic dusky shark population through 07/16/2013
- 05/08/2013
- Proposed MMPA 101a(5)(E) Permit for the California thresher shark/ swordfish drift gillnet (DGN) fishery (>14 inch mesh) and the WA/OR/CA sablefish pot fishery
- 05/02/2013
- EPA posts to their docket NOAA Fisheries' draft Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation Conference and Biological Opinion on the registration of three insecticides
- 04/25/2013
- 90-day finding on great hammerhead petitions; status review initiated and request for scientific and commercial information on great hammerhead sharks through 06/25/2013
- 04/25/2013
- 90-day finding on petition to include Lolita in ESA listing of Southern Resident Killer Whales; request for information about Lolita's genetic heritage and status through 06/28/2013
- 04/22/2013
- Proposed List of Fisheries for 2013 reflects new information on interactions between commercial fisheries and marine mammals
- 04/05/2013
- NMFS proposes to revise regulations to enhance the requirements for documentation to support labels on tuna products that represent the product as dolphin-safe
- 04/05/2013
- NOAA Fisheries proposes to list scalloped hammerhead sharks under the ESA; open for comment through 06/04/2013
