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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
- 12/23/2016
- NOAA Fisheries and U.S. FWS finalize revisions to the Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances policy under the Endangered Species Act
- 12/22/2016
- NMFS announces initiation of a 5-year review for endangered black abalone and white abalone and requests information
- 12/16/2016
- NOAA Fisheries proposes rule to require TEDs on Skimmer Trawl, Push-Head Trawl, and Wing Net vessels
- 12/15/2016
- NMFS announces availability of the final recovery plan for the Oregon Coast Coho Salmon
- 12/09/2016
- NOAA Fisheries proposes to list the Gulf of Mexico subspecies of Bryde’s Whale as endangered under the ESA
- 12/01/2016
- NOAA Fisheries announces updated Draft Atlantic Stock Assessment Report available for comment through 01/09/2017
- 11/17/2016
- NOAA Fisheries determines that listing Pacific harbor seals in Iliamna Lake, AK is not warranted
- 10/26/2016
- NOAA Fisheries receives over $5 million in funding requests through the FY2017 Species Recovery Grants to States Program
- 10/26/2016
- NMFS issues final determination to designate Sakhalin Bay-Nikolaya Bay-Amur River Stock of beluga whales as a depleted stock of marine mammals.
- 10/24/2016
- Informed by our 5-year reviews, NOAA Fisheries announces a proposal to update the descriptions of salmon and steelhead listed under the ESA; submit comments through December 20, 2016.
- 10/19/2016
- NOAA Fisheries publishes final rule to list the gulf grouper as endangered and the island grouper as threatened under the ESA
- 10/14/2016
- NMFS extends deadline for Species Recovery Grants to States proposals due to Hurricane Matthew; new proposal deadline is October 24th
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