Recovery Plans for Endangered and Threatened Species

Current Recovery Plans
Marine Mammals | Marine Turtles | Fishes | Plants

Plans Under Revision / In Development

Species	Status of Plan
Loggerhead Turtle	Draft [pdf] [1.4 MB] Threats Analysis [xls] The public comment period on the draft closed on July 29, 2008.
Lake Ozette Sockeye Salmon ESU	Draft The public comment period on the draft closed on June 23, 2008.
White Abalone	Draft [pdf] [853 KB] The public comment period on the draft closed on 12/18/2006.
Smalltooth Sawfish	Draft [pdf] [1.4 MB] The public comment period on the draft closed on 10/23/2006.
Fin Whale	Draft [pdf] [874 KB] The public comment period on the draft closed on 09/05/2006.
Sperm Whale	Draft [pdf] [1.1 MB] The public comment period on the draft closed on 09/05/2006.
Kemp's Ridley Turtle	Under Revision
Pacific Salmonids (Chinook, chum, coho, sockeye, steelhead trout)	In Development

 

Current Recovery Plans

Marine Mammals
Blue Whale [pdf] [144 KB] Issue Date: 07/1998	Hawaiian Monk Seal [pdf] [1.2 MB] Revised Date: 08/2007 *1983 Original [pdf] [373 KB]	Humpback Whale [pdf] [4.9 MB] Issue Date: 11/1991
Killer Whale (Southern Residents) [pdf] [1.7 MB] Issue Date: 01/2008	Right Whale [pdf] [2.5 MB] Revised Date: 05/2005	Steller Sea Lion [pdf] [2.7 MB] Revised Date: 03/2008 *1992 Original [pdf] [4.6 MB]

Marine Turtles Plans for marine turtles were developed jointly by NMFS and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). For more information, please see our marine turtle recovery planning page.
Marine Turtles in the U.S. Caribbean, Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico
Green Turtle [pdf] [2.8 MB] Issue Date: 10/29/1991	Hawksbill Turtle [pdf] [883 KB] Issue Date: 12/15/1993	Kemp's Ridley Turtle [pdf] [1.3 MB] Issue Date: 08/21/1992
Leatherback Turtle [pdf] [2.6 MB] Issue Date: 04/06/1992	Loggerhead Turtle [pdf] [3.5 MB] Issue Date: 12/26/1992
Marine Turtles in the U.S. Pacific
East Pacific Green Turtle [pdf] [330 KB] Issue Date: 01/12/1998	Green Turtle [pdf] [623 KB] Issue Date: 01/12/1998	Hawksbill Turtle [pdf] [455 KB] Issue Date: 01/12/1998
Leatherback Turtle [pdf] [381 KB] Issue Date: 01/12/1998	Loggerhead Turtle [pdf] [545 KB] Issue Date: 01/12/1998	Olive Ridley Turtle [pdf] [485 KB] Issue Date: 01/12/1998

Fishes Plans for Atlantic salmon and Gulf sturgeon were developed jointly by NMFS and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
Atlantic Salmon [pdf] [2.3 MB] Issue Date: 12/2005	Chinook Salmon (Puget Sound) Issue Date: 01/2007	Chum Salmon (Hood Canal) Issue Date: 05/2007
Gulf Sturgeon [pdf] [8.1 MB] Issue Date: 09/1995	Shortnose Sturgeon [pdf] [241 KB] Issue Date: 12/1998	Upper Columbia River Steelhead Trout and Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Issue Date: 10/2007

Plants
Johnson's Seagrass [pdf] [445 KB] Issue Date: 09/2002

More Info
Marine Mammal Conservation Plans
Species Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)