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In the fiscal year 2017, the Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Program of NOAA's NMFS, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, Protected Resources Division, carried out the mandates of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and was charged with protecting the whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea ...
It contains species and subspecies not only in the U.S. and its territories, but also those only found in other parts of the world. It does not include endangered fish, amphibians, reptiles, plants, or invertebrates. The complete list can be found in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Title 50 Part 17.
Section 4 allows the Secretaries of Interior and Commerce to list species as threatened or endangered based on best available data. [2] Section 7 requires federal agencies to consult with Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) or National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) before taking any action that may threaten a listed species. [2]
As improvements in information technology make it easier to communicate, access, and aggregate biodiversity information, there is a need for a framework that helps taxonomists and the users of taxonomy decide which taxa and names should be used by society whilst continuing to encourage taxonomic research that leads to new species discoveries ...
IUCN Red List status Notes; Tinian monarch Monarcha takatsukasae: On the USFWS endangered species list since 1970 but delisted in 2004 due to recovery of population. [203] In 2013, the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned for the species to again be listed as endangered, but the USFWS determined that protected status was not warranted. [204]
In March 2008 the US government agreed to study Alaska's ribbon seal population and considered adding it to the endangered species list. However, in December 2008, the US government decided that sea ice critical to the seals' survival will not be endangered by global warming , and declined to list the species.
Joint Regulations (United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior and National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce); Endangered Species Committee Regulations V: 500-599: Marine Mammal Commission 12: VI: 600-659
Wikispecies is a wiki-based online project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation.Its aim is to create a comprehensive open content catalogue of all species; the project is directed at scientists, rather than at the general public.