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Celebrating the People and Partnerships Saving White Abalone

Marking the 50th year of the passage of the Endangered Species Act, we are shining a spotlight on the biologists and partnerships saving white abalone from extinction.
May 22, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Baby white abalone crawling on a kelp stipe Baby white abalone crawling on a kelp stipe at the Aquarium of the Pacific captive breeding facility. Credit: Jen Burney, Aquarium of the Pacific

The Endangered Species Act at 50

NOAA Fisheries Assistant Administrator Janet Coit celebrates 50 years of the Endangered Species Act and discusses why it is such a foundational law.
May 19, 2023 - Podcast ,
Gray whale breaches, or leaps up and out of the water, with mountains in the background. Gray whale breaching. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Merrill Gosho.

Frequently Asked Questions on Experimental Chinook Salmon Populations in the McCloud and Upper Sacramento Rivers

NOAA Fisheries is adopting a final rule to authorize the reintroduction of Sacramento River (SR) winter-run and Central Valley (CV) spring-run Chinook salmon in the Upper Sacramento and McCloud Rivers above Shasta Dam in California.

Public Hearings in Alaska on Proposal to List Sunflower Sea Stars Under the Endangered Species Act

Hearings will be in Kodiak and Petersburg and may be attended in person or via teleconference.
April 12, 2023 - Feature Story ,
Sunflower sea star A sunflower sea star. Credit: Gullekson/WDFW

National ESA Critical Habitat Mapper

All available spatial data of critical habitat proposed and designated by NOAA Fisheries under the Endangered Species Act
April 14, 2022 - Map ,

Recovering Threatened and Endangered Species Report to Congress 2019–2020

This report summarizes efforts to recover all domestic species under NOAA Fisheries’ jurisdiction. It highlights progress made towards recovery of nine critically endangered species identified in the Species in the Spotlight initiative.
January 31, 2022 - Feature Story ,
A Rice’s whale (Balaenoptera ricei) surfaces in the Gulf of Mexico A Rice’s whale (Balaenoptera ricei) surfaces in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Critical Habitat - Maps and GIS Data (West Coast Region)

Maps and GIS data for black abalone, bocaccio, Chinook salmon, chum salmon, coho salmon, eulachon, green sturgeon, humpback whale, killer whale, leatherback turtle, sockeye salmon, steelhead trout, Steller sea lion, and yelloweye rockfish.
December 03, 2021 - Map ,

NOAA Fisheries and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Propose Rescinding Critical Habitat Regulations Finalized in 2020

Proposal to rescind habitat regulations is an effort to improve and strengthen implementation of the Endangered Species Act.
October 26, 2021 - Press Release ,

ESA Permit Renewal for Black Abalone Captive Research

NOAA Fisheries has renewed a scientific research and enhancement permit (Permit 19571-2R) to the Southwest Fisheries Science Center under the Endangered Species Act, to continue ongoing captive holding, breeding, and laboratory studies on captive black…
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12/03/2024