Endangered Species Day
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- Scientific Research Permit Applications Currently Open for Comment, ongoing
Comment on Our Actions
- 05/21/2013
- Proposed IHA for Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Wharf Construction Project (Year 2) through 06/20/2013
- 05/22/2013
- Proposed IHA for Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Barge Mooring Project through 06/21/2013
- 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
- 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 dolphin/ whale (Cetacean) Unusual Mortality Event in Northern Gulf of Mexico
- 06/09/2013
- Updated data on increase in sea turtle strandings in the 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
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