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03/13/2009   Proposed Threatened Status for Southern Distinct Population Segment of Pacific Eulachon [pdf]
03/11/2009   "Don't Feed Wild Dolphins" Public Service Announcement This link is an external site.
03/05/2009   Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program
02/20/2009   ESA Section 6 Program Report for FY 2003-08 [pdf]
02/06/2009   Free Public Events at NOAA Highlight Extreme Weather, Marine Mammal Rescue, Shipwrecks, Science Careers and More
01/22/2009   Recovery Plan for Smalltooth Sawfish [pdf]
01/16/2009   Recovery Plan for the Northwest Atlantic Population of Loggerhead Sea Turtles
01/14/2009   Black Abalone Listed as Endangered Under the ESA [pdf]
01/13/2009   GAO Review of NMFS' Marine Mammal Take Reduction Program [pdf]
01/05/2009   90-Day Finding on a Petition to List Atlantic Wolffish Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA); NMFS To Conduct Status Review [pdf]
01/02/2009   Grants Programs Soliciting Applications for FY 2009 Funding [pdf]
12/30/2008   NOAA Determines Ribbon Seals Should Not be Listed as Endangered [pdf]
12/19/2008   NMFS Amends Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan [pdf]
12/15/2008   NOAA Petitioned to Ban Fish Imports Caught in Gear that Has Bycatch of Marine Mammals in Excess of U.S. Standards [pdf]
12/08/2008   Ships Must Slow Down to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales
12/01/2008   List of Fisheries 2009: Interactions Between Commercial Fisheries and Marine Mammals [pdf]
11/20/2008   NMFS Proposes Designating Critical Habitat for Smalltooth Sawfish [pdf]
11/18/2008   NMFS Implements Inspection Program in Virginia Pound Net Fishery [pdf]
11/18/2008   NMFS Biological Opinion on EPA Registration of Pesticides Containing Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, and Malathion [pdf]
11/17/2008   Report of the U.S. Longline Bycatch Reduction Assessment and Planning Workshop [pdf]
11/03/2008   Public Comment Period Extended To December 22 for Proposed Green Sturgeon Critical Habitat [pdf]
10/28/2008   Caribbean Monk Seal Delisted from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Due to Extinction
10/20/2008   Final Recovery Plan for White Abalone [pdf]
10/17/2008   Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Listed as Endangered Under the ESA: Long-term Harvest Limits Established and Conservation Plan Completed
10/08/2008   Final Rule to Implement Speed Restrictions to Reduce the Threat of Ship Collisions with North Atlantic Right Whales
10/08/2008   Apply Online for Permits Using Our New Authorizations and Permits for Protected Species (APPS) System
10/08/2008   Differentiating Serious and Non-Serious Injury of Marine Mammals: Report of the 2007 Serious Injury Technical Workshop [pdf]
10/03/2008   Possible Revisions to Critical Habitat Designation for Hawaiian Monk Seals; Available for Public Comment Through 12/02/2008 [pdf]
09/05/2008   Proposed Critical Habitat for the Southern Distinct Population Segment of North American Green Sturgeon [pdf]
09/05/2008   Proposed Critical Habitat for the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Salmon [pdf]
09/03/2008   Proposed Endangered Status for Atlantic Salmon in Maine Outside of the Gulf of Maine DPS [pdf]
09/03/2008   In-water Sea Turtle Monitoring and Research in Florida: Review and Recommendations [pdf] [7.1 MB]
09/02/2008   Final Rule to Delay Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP) Sinking Groundline Requirement [pdf]
08/27/2008   Post-Delisting Monitoring Plan Guidance for Species Delisted from the Endangered Species Act [pdf]
08/25/2008   Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) to Implement the Vessel Operational Measures to Reduce Ship Strikes to the North Atlantic Right Whale
08/12/2008   Proposed Rule to Amend the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Regulations [pdf]
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