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08/12/2008   Proposed Rule to Amend the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Regulations [pdf]
07/31/2008   Draft Biological Opinion on EPA Registration of Pesticides Containing Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, and Malathion [pdf]
07/11/2008   Availability of NOAA Grant Funds for FY 2009 for Prescott Grant & Protected Species Cooperative Conservation Grant
06/24/2008   Proposed Rule to Implement the Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan Available for Public Comment Through 09/22/2008
06/13/2008   Proposed 2009 List of Fisheries Available for Public Comment Through 08/12/2008
06/10/2008   Proposed Rule to Delist the Caribbean Monk Seal under the Endangered Species Act [pdf]
05/30/2008   Draft Recovery Plan for the Northwest Atlantic Population of Loggerhead Turtles Available for Public Comment
05/21/2008   Notice of Initiation and Request for Information for an ESA 5-Year Review of the U.S. "DPS" of Smalltooth Sawfish [pdf]
04/23/2008   Draft Recovery Plan for Lake Ozette Sockeye Salmon Available for Public Comment Through June 23, 2008
04/22/2008   6-Month Extension Regarding Petition to List the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale DPS Under the Endangered Species Act [pdf]
04/18/2008   Final 2007 Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports
04/11/2008   Notice of Finding on a Petition to List the Lynn Canal Population of Pacific Herring under the Endangered Species Act; Initiation of Status Review for the Southeast Alaska DPS of Pacific Herring [pdf]
04/08/2008   Final Rule Regarding a Modified Sea Scallop Dredge to Protect Sea Turtles [pdf]
03/28/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the Ribbon Seal Under the Endangered Species Act; Initiation of Status Review for 3 Other Ice Seals [pdf]
03/17/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to List 5 Rockfish Species in the Puget Sound Under the Endangered Species Act [pdf]
03/12/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to List Pacific Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) as a "DPS" under the Endangered Species Act and Initiation of a Status Review [pdf]
03/06/2008   Endangered Northern Right Whale Listed As Two Separate Endangered Species: North Pacific Right Whale (Eubalaena japonica) and North Atlantic Right Whale (E. glacialis) [pdf]
03/05/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to Reclassify the Loggerhead Turtle in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean as a "DPS" with Endangered Status and to Designate Critical Habitat [pdf]
03/05/2008   Final Revised Recovery Plan for the Steller Sea Lion
03/05/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to Reclassify the Loggerhead Turtle in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean as a "DPS" with Endangered Status and to Designate Critical Habitat [pdf]
02/11/2008   Oregon Coast ESU of Coho Salmon Listed as Threatened
02/07/2008   Use of the ESA Section 7 Counterpart Regulations for Projects that Support the National Fire Plan [pdf]
02/06/2008   Proposed Critical Habitat Designation for Threatened Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals [pdf]
01/31/2008   Proposed Changes to Marine Mammal Stranding Regulations Available for Public Comment Through March 31, 2008
01/24/2008   Final Recovery Plan for Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales
01/14/2008   Proposed Endangered Status for Black Abalone [pdf]
01/02/2008   Draft Columbia River Estuary ESA Recovery Plan Module for Salmon and Steelhead Available for Public Comment Through March 3, 2008
12/14/2007   Greater Protections Sought for Threatened Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals: Proposed 4(d) Rule
12/04/2007   5-Year Review of Johnson's Seagrass Published
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