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Hot Topics from the last 6 months:

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
10/11/2016: NOAA Fisheries announces 2016 Stock Assessment Reports (SARs) available for comment through 01/09/2017
10/11/2016: 90-Day Finding on petition to list Pacific bluefin tuna under the ESA; status review initiated and request for scientific and commercial information through 12/12/2016
09/29/2016: NOAA Fisheries reopens the public comment period on the proposed designation of critical habitat for 5 DPSs of Atlantic sturgeon; submit comments through 10/14/2016
09/26/2016: NOAA Fisheries and U.S. FWS publish final rule revising the regulations for petitions under the ESA
09/16/2016: NOAA Fisheries proposes to list the Maui’s dolphin as endangered and the South Island Hector’s dolphin as threatened under the Endangered Species Act
09/16/2016: NOAA Fisheries proposes to list the common guitarfish and blackchin guitarfish as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act
09/08/2016: NOAA Fisheries publishes final rule to divide the globally-listed humpback whale into 14 DPSs and list 4 DPSs as endangered and 1 as threatened
09/01/2016: NOAA Fisheries announces recipients of FY2016 John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance grants
08/26/2016: 90-Day Finding on petition to list chambered nautilus under the ESA; status review initiated and request for scientific and commercial information through 10/25/2016
08/23/2016: NOAA Fisheries announces proposed rule under the Marine Mammal Protection Act to enhance protections for spinner dolphins in the Main Hawaiian Islands, comments requested by 10/23/16
08/12/2016: NOAA Fisheries publishes proposed 2017 List of Fisheries classifying U.S. commercial fisheries into one of three categories according to the level of incidental mortality or serious injury of marine mammals
07/29/2016: NOAA Fisheries publishes Final Rule to list common, sawback, and smoothback angelsharks as endangered species under the ESA
07/29/2016: NOAA Fisheries determines that the porbeagle shark does not warrant listing under the ESA at this time
07/28/2016: NOAA Fisheries announces call for proposals for the FY2017 Prescott Grant Program
07/27/2016: NOAA Fisheries announces call for proposals to the FY2017 Species Recovery Grants to States Program
07/22/2016: NOAA Fisheries determines that the Caribbean electric ray does not warrant listing under the ESA at this time.
07/06/2016: NOAA Fisheries proposes to delist the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin distinct population segment (DPS) of canary rockfish because it does not meet the DPS criteria and update the listed Puget Sound/Georgia Basin yelloweye rockfish and bocaccio DPS descriptions
06/29/2016: NOAA Fisheries publishes Final Rule to list the Nassau Grouper as threatened Under the Endangered Species Act
06/28/2016: NOAA Fisheries proposes to designate critical habitat for the Carolina and South Atlantic Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic sturgeon; Correction
06/28/2016: NOAA Fisheries determines that the smooth hammerhead shark does not warrant listing under the ESA at this time
06/28/2016: Negative 90-day Finding on petition to list the Maui and Kona reef manta ray populations under the ESA
06/23/2016: NOAA Fisheries issues permit authorizing incidental take of endangered marine mammals by the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands pollock and flatfish trawl fisheries
06/13/2016: NOAA Fisheries announces the availability of the final 2015 marine mammal stock assessment reports
06/03/2016: NOAA Fisheries proposes to designate critical habitat for the Carolina and South Atlantic Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic sturgeon
06/03/2016: NOAA Fisheries proposes to designate critical habitat for the Gulf of Maine, New York Bight, and Chesapeake Bay Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic sturgeon