Puerto Rico: ESA Section 6 Program

Puerto Rico Photo: Seal

Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Cooperative Agreement signed: May 21, 2003
Amended August 13, 2008

Puerto Rico's agreement lists the following species:

Endangered

• Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
• Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
• Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
• Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
• Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
• Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
• Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

Threatened

• Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata)
• Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
  * Green turtles are listed as threatened, except for breeding populations of green turtles in Florida and on the Pacific coast of Mexico, where they are listed as endangered.
• Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
• Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis)

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.