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MMPA Turns 40
Protecting Marine Mammals Since 1972
Comment on Our Actions
- 07/31/2012
- 90-day finding on petition to delist Hawaiian green turtle population and initiation of status review of green turtles through 10/01/2012
- 09/19/2012
- Comment Period Reopened on Proposed Endangered Status for the Hawaiian Insular False Killer Whale DPS through 10/03/2012
- 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 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
- 09/23/2012
- Updated data on increase in sea turtle strandings in the Gulf of Mexico
- 09/23/2012
- Updated data on dolphin/ whale (Cetacean) Unusual Mortality Event in Northern Gulf of Mexico
- 09/19/2012
- Pacific Gas and Electric IHA Application for Marine Geophysical Survey off the Central Coast of California, Nov-Dec 2012
- 09/18/2012
- Comment Period Reopened on Proposed Endangered Status for the Hawaiian Insular False Killer Whale DPS
- 09/11/2012
- Negative 90-day finding on a petition to delist the Southern Oregon/ Northern California Coast ESU of coho salmon under the Endangered Species Act
- 08/30/2012
- Georgia Aquarium permit application to import 18 beluga whales for public display
- 08/27/2012
- 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List Five Species of Sturgeon as Threatened or Endangered Under the ESA
- 08/27/2012
- 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Queen Conch as Threatened or Endangered Under the ESA
- 08/17/2012
- NMFS Announces the extension of the public comment period on the bowhead subsistence quota DEIS to August 31, 2012
- 08/07/2012
- 2012 Draft Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports
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