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Recovery Plans for Endangered and Threatened Species


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

Plans Under Revision / In Development

Species Status of Plan

Salmonids in the Lower Columbia River

  • Chinook salmon
  • coho salmon
  • steelhead
  • chum salmon
Draft

Large Whales

  • Blue Whale (update)
  • North Pacific Right Whale
Intent to Prepare

Coho Salmon

  • Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast (SONCC)
Draft

Salmonids in the Central Valley

  • Chinook, Central Valley spring-run
  • Chinook, Sacramento River winter-run
  • Steelhead, Central Valley
Draft

Final Recovery Plans

Marine Mammals
Final Recovery Plan for Blue Whale
Blue Whale
[pdf] [144 KB]
Issue Date: 07/1998
Final Recovery Plan for Fin Whale
Fin Whale

[pdf] [702 KB]
Issue Date: 07/2010
Final Recovery Plan for Hawaiian Monk Seal
Hawaiian Monk Seal
[pdf] [1.2 MB]
Revised Date: 08/2007
*1983 Original
[pdf] [373 KB]
Final Recovery Plan for Humpback Whale
Humpback Whale
[pdf] [4.9 MB]
Issue Date: 11/1991
Final Recovery Plan for Southern Resident Killer Whales
Killer Whale
(Southern Residents)

[pdf] [1.7 MB]
Issue Date: 01/2008
Final Recovery Plan for Northern Right Whale
North Atlantic Right Whale
[pdf] [2.5 MB]
Revised Date: 05/2005
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Sei Whale

[pdf] [1.0 MB]
Issue Date: 12/2011
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Sperm Whale
[pdf] [1.7 MB]
Issue Date: 12/2010
Final Recovery Plan for Stellar Sea Lion
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
Final Recovery Plan for Atlantic Green Sea Turtle
Green Turtle
[pdf] [2.8 MB]
Issue Date: 10/29/1991
Final Recovery Plan for Atlantic Hawksbill Turtle
Hawksbill Turtle
[pdf] [883 KB]
Issue Date: 12/15/1993
Final Recovery Plan for Kemp's ridley Turtle: 2nd Revision
Kemp's Ridley Turtle:
2nd revision

[pdf] [1.9 MB]
Tortuga Lora (español)
[pdf] [1.9 MB]
Revised Date: 09/2011
*1992 Original
[pdf] [1.3 MB]

» Supporting Documents
Final Recovery Plan for Atlantic Leatherback Turtle
Leatherback Turtle
[pdf] [2.6 MB]
Issue Date: 04/06/1992
Final Recovery Plan for Atlantic Loggerhead Turtle
Loggerhead Turtle
[pdf] [1.4 MB]
Issue Date: 01/16/2009
» Threats Analysis [xls]
» Peer Review Comments
*1991 Original
[pdf] [3.3 MB]
 
Marine Turtles in the U.S. Pacific
Final Recovery Plan for Pacific Populations of the East Pacific Green Turtle
East Pacific Green Turtle
[pdf] [330 KB]
Issue Date: 01/12/1998
Final Recovery Plan for Pacific Populations of the Green Turtle
Green Turtle
[pdf] [623 KB]
Issue Date: 01/12/1998
Final Recovery Plan for Pacific Hawksbill Turtle
Hawksbill Turtle
[pdf] [455 KB]
Issue Date: 01/12/1998
Final Recovery Plan for Pacific Leatherback Turtle
Leatherback Turtle
[pdf] [381 KB]
Issue Date: 01/12/1998
Final Recovery Plan for Loggerhead Turtle
Loggerhead Turtle
[pdf] [545 KB]
Issue Date: 01/12/1998
Final Recovery Plan for Olive Ridley Turtle
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).
Final Recovery Plan for Atlantic Salmon
Atlantic Salmon
[pdf] [2.3 MB]
Issue Date: 12/2005
Final Recovery Plan for Chinook Salmon (Puget Sound)
Chinook Salmon
(Puget Sound)

Issue Date: 01/2007
Final Recovery Plan for Chum Salmon (Hood Canal)
Chum Salmon
(Hood Canal)

Issue Date: 05/2007
Final Recovery Plan for Coho Salmon CCC ESU
Coho Salmon
(Central California Coast)

Issue Date: 09/2012
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Columbia River Estuary Recovery Plan Module for Salmon & Steelhead

Issue Date: 02/2011
(All recovery plans for listed Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead will incorporate the estuary module by reference.)
Final Recovery and Management Plan for Gulf Sturgeon
Gulf Sturgeon
[pdf] [8.1 MB]
Issue Date: 09/1995
Final Recovery Plan for Shortnose Sturgeon
Shortnose Sturgeon
[pdf] [241 KB]
Issue Date: 12/1998
Final Recovery Plan for Smalltooth Sawfish
Smalltooth Sawfish
[pdf] [2.4 MB]
Issue Date: 01/2009
Final Recovery Plan for Lake Ozette Sockeye Salmon
Sockeye Salmon
(Lake Ozette)

Issue Date: 05/2009
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Steelhead Trout
(Middle Columbia River)

Issue Date: 09/2009
Final Recovery Plan for Southern California Steelhead
Steelhead Trout (Southern California)

Issue Date: 01/2012
Final Recovery Plan for Upper Columbia River Steelhead Trout and Spring-Run Chinook Salmon
Steelhead Trout
(Upper Columbia River) and Chinook Salmon
(Spring-Run)

Issue Date: 10/2007
Final Recovery Plan for Upper Willamette River Steelhead Trout and Chinook Salmon
Steelhead Trout and Chinook Salmon
(Upper Willamette River)

Issue Date: 08/2011
   


Marine Invertebrates & Plants
Final Recovery Plan for Johnson's Seagrass
Johnson's Seagrass
[pdf] [445 KB]
Issue Date: 09/2002
Final Recovery Plan for White Abalone
White Abalone
[pdf] [797 KB]
Issue Date: 10/2008
 

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Updated: October 9, 2012

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