Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
(Sphyrna lewini)
Photo: NOAA
- Scientific Research Permit Applications Currently Open for Comment, ongoing
Comment on Our Actions
- 04/02/2013
- Office of Naval Research Acoustic Technology Experiments in the Western North Pacific Ocean through 05/02/2013
- 04/11/2013
- NMFS proposes to revise regulations to enhance the requirements for documentation to support labels on tuna products that represent the product as dolphin-safe through 05/06/2013
- More Actions Currently Open for Comment
Welcome to the Office of Protected Resources
The Office of Protected Resources (OPR) is a headquarters program office of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service, or NMFS), under the U.S. Department of Commerce, with responsibility for protecting marine mammals and endangered/threatened marine life.
NOAA's Office of Protected Resources works to conserve, protect, and recover species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) in conjunction with our Regional Offices, Science Centers, and various partners.
Recent News and Hot Topics
- 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
- 04/30/2013
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National Academy of Sciences publishes recommendations on assessing risk of pesticides to threatened and endangered species
- 04/28/2013
- Updated data on increase in sea turtle strandings in the Gulf of Mexico
- 04/28/2013
- Updated data on dolphin/ whale (Cetacean) Unusual Mortality Event in Northern Gulf of Mexico
- 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
- 04/14/2013
- 2013 California Sea Lion Unusual Mortality Event in California Data Updated
- 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
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