Endangered Species Day
Art Contest Winner: Julia Paccone, Manchester Essex High School
- Scientific Research Permit Applications Currently Open for Comment, ongoing
Comment on Our Actions
- 03/29/2013
- Positive 90-day Finding on a Petition to List Sperm Whales in the Gulf of Mexico as a Distinct Population Segment Under the ESA through 05/28/2013
- 05/03/2013
- Proposed IHA for Demolition and Construction Activities of the Children's Pool Lifeguard Station at La Jolla, CA through 06/03/2013
- 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
- 05/23/2013
- 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
- Updated data on increase in sea turtle strandings in the Gulf of Mexico
- 05/19/2013
- Updated data on dolphin/ whale (Cetacean) Unusual Mortality Event in Northern Gulf of Mexico
- 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
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