Species Directory | NOAA Fisheries

Species Directory | NOAA Fisheries Species Directory Marine Mammals All marine mammals are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act . Some are also protected under the Endangered Species Act and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora NOAA Fisheries has jurisdiction over approximately 119 marine mammal species, while the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has jurisdiction over polar bears, walruses, sea otters, manatees, and dugongs. Species Illustration Species Name Species Category Protected Status Image Atlantic Humpback Dolphin Sousa teuszii Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2024 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Image Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- --- Image Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Image Baird’s Beaked Whale Berardius bairdii Species Category Whales Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Image Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus Species Category Seals & Sea Lions Name of DPS or Stock Beringia DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2012 --- Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska Name of DPS or Stock Okhotsk DPS Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2012 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Beringia DPS Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Okhotsk DPS Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska Foreign Image Beluga Whale Delphinapterus leucas Species Category Whales Name of DPS or Stock Cook Inlet DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2008 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska Name of DPS or Stock Cook Inlet stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska Name of DPS or Stock Sakhalin Bay-Nikolaya Bay-Amur River stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Image Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris Species Category Whales Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- --- Image Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus Species Category Whales Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1970 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- --- Image Bowhead Whale Balaena mysticetus Species Category Whales Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1970 --- --- Region Alaska Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska Name of DPS or Stock Western Arctic stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Image Bryde’s Whale Balaenoptera edeni Species Category Whales Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- --- Image California Sea Lion Zalophus californianus Species Category Seals & Sea Lions Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region West Coast Image Chinese River Dolphin Lipotes vexillifer Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 1989 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Image Clymene Dolphin Stenella clymene Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- --- Image Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Western North Atlantic Northern Florida Coastal stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Western North Atlantic Central Florida Coastal stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Western North Atlantic Northern Migratory Coastal stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Western North Atlantic South Carolina-Georgia Coastal stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Western North Atlantic Southern Migratory Coastal stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- --- Image Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris Species Category Whales Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- --- Image Dall’s Porpoise Phocoenoides dalli Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Image Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima Species Category Whales Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- --- Image False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Species Category Whales Name of DPS or Stock Main Hawaiian Islands Insular DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2012 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Pacific Islands Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Main Hawaiian Islands Insular stock Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- --- Image Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus Species Category Whales Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1970 Recovery Plan Final --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- --- Image Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Pacific Islands Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- --- Image Gervais' Beaked Whale Mesoplodon europaeus Species Category Whales Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex II --- --- --- --- Image Gray Seal Halichoerus grypus Species Category Seals & Sea Lions Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Image Gray Whale Eschrichtius robustus Species Category Whales Name of DPS or Stock Western North Pacific DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1994; 1970 (original) --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Western North Pacific DPS Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Image Guadalupe Fur Seal Arctocephalus townsendi Species Category Seals & Sea Lions Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1985 --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Depleted --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- --- Image Harbor Porpoise Phocoena phocoena Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status MMPA Protected --- --- --- Region Alaska New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---