Archived Hot Topics
Archived Hot Topics
- 06/18/2013
- Federal Funding Opportunity for John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program ("Prescott Grant Program") for FY2014
- 06/16/2013
- Updated data on increase in sea turtle strandings in the Gulf of Mexico
- 06/16/2013
- Updated data on dolphin/ whale (Cetacean) Unusual Mortality Event in Northern Gulf of Mexico
- 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
- 03/29/2013
- Final 2012 Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports
- 03/29/2013
- Positive 90-day Finding on a Petition to List Sperm Whales in the Gulf of Mexico as a Distinct Population Segment and to Designate Critical Habitat
- 03/12/2013
- NMFS is considering whether to propose regulations to protect glacially-associated harbor seal habitats in Alaska, requests information and comments through 05/13/2013
- 02/28/2013
- 90-day finding on humphead wrasse petition; status review initiated and comments requested
- 02/25/2013
- Public hearing to be held in Silver Spring, MD, on March 12, 2013 on the proposed ESA-listing determinations of 66 reef-building coral species and the proposed reclassifications of elkhorn and staghorn corals; Comment period extended until April 6, 2013
- 02/14/2013
- Negative 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List 44 Species of Corals off Alaska as Threatened or Endangered
- 01/30/2013
- Negative 90-Day Finding on Petitions To List White Marlin as Threatened or Endangered
- 01/22/2013
- Draft Recovery Plan for North Pacific Right Whale
- 01/16/2013
- Proposed Designation of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Central Valley Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Below Friant Dam in the San Joaquin River, CA
- 01/16/2013
- Draft 2012 Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports: 10 stocks in the Atlantic have been revised; open for comment through 04/16/2013
- 01/14/2013
- NMFS proposes critical habitat for Lower Columbia River Coho Salmon and Puget Sound Steelhead trout
- 12/21/2012
- Populations of ringed seals and bearded seals are now listed under the Endangered Species Act
- 12/10/2012
- Recent Dolphin Deaths in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Still a Concern and Mystery
