Spotlight on Endangered Species
- Scientific Research Permit Applications Currently Open for Comment, ongoing
Comment on Our Actions
- 02/20/2013
- Proposed IHA for Low-Energy Marine Geophysical Survey in the Gulf of Mexico through 03/22/2013
- 02/20/2013
- Proposed IHA for WSDOT Bremerton Ferry Terminal Wingwall Replacement Project through 03/22/2013
- 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/threatened 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
- 03/17/2013
- Updated data on dolphin/ whale (Cetacean) Unusual Mortality Event in Northern Gulf of Mexico
- 03/12/2013
- NMFS is considering whether to propose regulations to protect glacially-associated harbor seal habitats in Alaska, requests information and comments through 05/13/2013
- 02/28/2013
- 90-day finding on humphead wrasse petition; status review initiated and comments requested
- 02/25/2013
- Public hearing to be held in Silver Spring, MD, on March 12, 2013 on the proposed ESA-listing determinations of 66 reef-building coral species and the proposed reclassifications of elkhorn and staghorn corals; Comment period extended until April 6, 2013
- 02/14/2013
- Negative 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List 44 Species of Corals off Alaska as Threatened or Endangered
- 01/30/2013
- Negative 90-Day Finding on Petitions To List White Marlin as Threatened or Endangered
- 01/22/2013
- Draft Recovery Plan for North Pacific Right Whale
- 01/16/2013
- Proposed Designation of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Central Valley Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Below Friant Dam in the San Joaquin River, CA
- 01/16/2013
- Draft 2012 Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports: 10 stocks in the Atlantic have been revised; open for comment through 04/16/2013
- 01/14/2013
- NMFS proposes critical habitat for Lower Columbia River Coho Salmon and Puget Sound Steelhead trout
- 12/21/2012
- Populations of ringed seals and bearded seals are now listed under the Endangered Species Act
- 12/10/2012
- Recent Dolphin Deaths in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Still a Concern and Mystery
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