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California: ESA Section 6 Program

California Photo: State Seal

California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Sacramento, CA

Agreement

Cooperative Agreement signed: November 19, 2009
Amended February 24, 2016

Species

California's agreement lists the following species:

Endangered

• Black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii)
• White abalone (Haliotis sorenseni)
• Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
• Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
• Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
• Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
• North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
• Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
• Killer whale (Orcinus orca)
• Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
• Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
• Green turtle (Chelonia mydas)
• Olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
• Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
• Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
• Scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini)

Threatened

• Green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)- Southern DPS
• Pacific eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus)
• Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi)
• Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)

Note: To be eligible for funding through the Species Recovery Grants program, species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) must be covered by the State's section 6 agreement. Proposed and candidate species that occur in the State do not need to be listed on the agreement to be eligible for funding.

Updated: June 6, 2013