Maine: ESA Section 6 Program

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Maine Department of Marine Resources
Augusta, ME

Agreements

Cooperative Agreement signed: May 16, 2005
Amended October 14, 2009; October 24, 2012

• State of Maine Comprehensive Marine Wildlife Conservation Strategy (June 2010)

Species

Maine's agreement lists the following species:

Endangered

• Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)- Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment (DPS)
• Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
• Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
• Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
• Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
• North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
• Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
• Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
• Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

Threatened

• Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)

Note: To be eligible for funding through the Species Recovery Grants program, species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) must be covered by the State's section 6 agreement. Proposed and candidate species that occur in the State do not need to be listed on the agreement to be eligible for funding.

Updated: November 28, 2012