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10/08/2008   Final Rule to Implement Speed Restrictions to Reduce the Threat of Ship Collisions with North Atlantic Right Whales
10/08/2008   Apply Online for Permits Using Our New Authorizations and Permits for Protected Species (APPS) System
10/08/2008   Differentiating Serious and Non-Serious Injury of Marine Mammals: Report of the 2007 Serious Injury Technical Workshop [pdf]
10/03/2008   Possible Revisions to Critical Habitat Designation for Hawaiian Monk Seals; Available for Public Comment Through 12/02/2008 [pdf]
09/05/2008   Proposed Critical Habitat for the Southern Distinct Population Segment of North American Green Sturgeon [pdf]
09/05/2008   Proposed Critical Habitat for the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Salmon [pdf]
09/03/2008   Proposed Endangered Status for Atlantic Salmon in Maine Outside of the Gulf of Maine DPS [pdf]
09/03/2008   In-water Sea Turtle Monitoring and Research in Florida: Review and Recommendations [pdf] [7.1 MB]
09/02/2008   Final Rule to Delay Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP) Sinking Groundline Requirement [pdf]
08/27/2008   Post-Delisting Monitoring Plan Guidance for Species Delisted from the Endangered Species Act [pdf]
08/25/2008   Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) to Implement the Vessel Operational Measures to Reduce Ship Strikes to the North Atlantic Right Whale
08/12/2008   Proposed Rule to Amend the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Regulations [pdf]
07/31/2008   Draft Biological Opinion on EPA Registration of Pesticides Containing Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, and Malathion [pdf]
07/11/2008   Availability of NOAA Grant Funds for FY 2009 for Prescott Grant & Protected Species Cooperative Conservation Grant
06/24/2008   Proposed Rule to Implement the Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan Available for Public Comment Through 09/22/2008
06/13/2008   Proposed 2009 List of Fisheries Available for Public Comment Through 08/12/2008
06/10/2008   Proposed Rule to Delist the Caribbean Monk Seal under the Endangered Species Act [pdf]
05/30/2008   Draft Recovery Plan for the Northwest Atlantic Population of Loggerhead Turtles Available for Public Comment
05/21/2008   Notice of Initiation and Request for Information for an ESA 5-Year Review of the U.S. "DPS" of Smalltooth Sawfish [pdf]
04/23/2008   Draft Recovery Plan for Lake Ozette Sockeye Salmon Available for Public Comment Through June 23, 2008
04/22/2008   6-Month Extension Regarding Petition to List the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale DPS Under the Endangered Species Act [pdf]
04/18/2008   Final 2007 Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports
04/11/2008   Notice of Finding on a Petition to List the Lynn Canal Population of Pacific Herring under the Endangered Species Act; Initiation of Status Review for the Southeast Alaska DPS of Pacific Herring [pdf]
04/08/2008   Final Rule Regarding a Modified Sea Scallop Dredge to Protect Sea Turtles [pdf]
03/28/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the Ribbon Seal Under the Endangered Species Act; Initiation of Status Review for 3 Other Ice Seals [pdf]
03/17/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to List 5 Rockfish Species in the Puget Sound Under the Endangered Species Act [pdf]
03/12/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to List Pacific Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) as a "DPS" under the Endangered Species Act and Initiation of a Status Review [pdf]
03/06/2008   Endangered Northern Right Whale Listed As Two Separate Endangered Species: North Pacific Right Whale (Eubalaena japonica) and North Atlantic Right Whale (E. glacialis) [pdf]
03/05/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to Reclassify the Loggerhead Turtle in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean as a "DPS" with Endangered Status and to Designate Critical Habitat [pdf]
03/05/2008   Final Revised Recovery Plan for the Steller Sea Lion
03/05/2008   90-Day Finding on a Petition to Reclassify the Loggerhead Turtle in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean as a "DPS" with Endangered Status and to Designate Critical Habitat [pdf]
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