Species Directory - ESA Threatened & Endangered | NOAA Fisheries

Species Directory - ESA Threatened & Endangered | NOAA Fisheries
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Species Directory
ESA Threatened & Endangered
NOAA Fisheries has jurisdiction over 165 endangered and threatened marine species (80 endangered; 85 threatened), including
66 foreign species
(40 endangered; 26 threatened).
Additional species are currently under review or have been proposed for Endangered Species Act listing:
45 petitioned species
are the subject of petitions awaiting 90-day findings
,
4 candidate species
for ESA listing, and
9 proposed species
for ESA listing.
In the table below, the Region column shows if the species can be found in a NOAA Fisheries region. If the species occurs only in areas beyond the U.S. exclusive economic zone and territorial waters, the region is labeled as Foreign.
Species Name
Species Category
Protected Status
Acropora globiceps Coral
Acropora globiceps
Species Category
Invertebrates
Corals
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Threatened
Year Listed
2014
Recovery Plan
Under Development
Critical Habitat
Final
Region
Pacific Islands
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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Acropora jacquelineae Coral
Acropora jacquelineae
Species Category
Invertebrates
Corals
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Threatened - Foreign
Year Listed
2014
Recovery Plan
Under Development
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Region
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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Acropora lokani Coral
Acropora lokani
Species Category
Invertebrates
Corals
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Threatened - Foreign
Year Listed
2014
Recovery Plan
Under Development
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Region
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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Acropora pharaonis Coral
Acropora pharaonis
Species Category
Invertebrates
Corals
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Threatened - Foreign
Year Listed
2014
Recovery Plan
Under Development
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Region
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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Acropora retusa Coral
Acropora retusa
Species Category
Invertebrates
Corals
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Threatened
Year Listed
2014
Recovery Plan
Under Development
Critical Habitat
Final
Region
Pacific Islands
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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Acropora rudis Coral
Acropora rudis
Species Category
Invertebrates
Corals
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Threatened - Foreign
Year Listed
2014
Recovery Plan
Under Development
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Region
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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Acropora speciosa Coral
Acropora speciosa
Species Category
Invertebrates
Corals
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Threatened
Year Listed
2014
Recovery Plan
Under Development
Critical Habitat
Final
Region
Pacific Islands
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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Acropora tenella Coral
Acropora tenella
Species Category
Invertebrates
Corals
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Threatened - Foreign
Year Listed
2014
Recovery Plan
Under Development
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Region
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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Adriatic Sturgeon
Acipenser naccarii
Species Category
Fish
Protected Fish
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Endangered - Foreign
Year Listed
2014
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Region
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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African Coelacanth
Latimeria chalumnae
Species Category
Fish
Protected Fish
Name of DPS or Stock
Tanzanian DPS
Species Status
ESA Threatened - Foreign
Year Listed
2016
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Region
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix I
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Anacropora spinosa Coral
Anacropora spinosa
Species Category
Invertebrates
Corals
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Threatened - Foreign
Year Listed
2014
Recovery Plan
Under Development
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Region
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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Argentine Angelshark
Squatina argentina
Species Category
Fish
Protected Fish
Sharks
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Endangered - Foreign
Year Listed
2017
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Region
Foreign
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
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Region
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
MMPA Protected
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Region
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix I
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Atlantic Salmon
Salmo salar
Also Known As
Salmon, Sea run salmon, Kelts, Black salmon
Species Category
Fish
Farmed Seafood
Protected Fish
Salmon & Steelhead
Name of DPS or Stock
Gulf of Maine DPS
Species Status
ESA Endangered
Year Listed
2000
Recovery Plan
Final
Critical Habitat
Final
Region
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Atlantic Sturgeon
Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
Species Category
Fish
Protected Fish
Name of DPS or Stock
Carolina DPS
Species Status
ESA Endangered
Year Listed
2012
Recovery Plan
Under Development
Critical Habitat
Final
Region
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Name of DPS or Stock
Chesapeake Bay DPS
Species Status
ESA Endangered
Year Listed
2012
Recovery Plan
Under Development
Critical Habitat
Final
Region
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Name of DPS or Stock
New York Bight DPS
Species Status
ESA Endangered
Year Listed
2012
Recovery Plan
Under Development
Critical Habitat
Final
Region
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Name of DPS or Stock
South Atlantic DPS
Species Status
ESA Endangered
Year Listed
2012
Recovery Plan
Under Development
Critical Habitat
Final
Region
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Name of DPS or Stock
Gulf of Maine DPS
Species Status
ESA Threatened
Year Listed
2012
Recovery Plan
Under Development
Critical Habitat
Final
Region
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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Banggai Cardinalfish
Pterapogon kauderni
Species Category
Fish
Protected Fish
Reef Fish
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Threatened - Foreign
Year Listed
2016
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Region
Foreign
Bearded Seal
Erignathus barbatus
Species Category
Seals & Sea Lions
Name of DPS or Stock
Beringia DPS
Species Status
ESA Threatened
Year Listed
2012
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Critical Habitat
Final
Region
Alaska
Name of DPS or Stock
Okhotsk DPS
Species Status
ESA Threatened - Foreign
Year Listed
2012
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Region
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
MMPA Protected
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Region
Alaska
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Beringia DPS
Species Status
MMPA Depleted
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Region
Alaska
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Okhotsk DPS
Species Status
MMPA Depleted
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Region
Alaska
Foreign
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
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Region
Alaska
Name of DPS or Stock
Cook Inlet stock
Species Status
MMPA Depleted
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Region
Alaska
Name of DPS or Stock
Sakhalin Bay-Nikolaya Bay-Amur River stock
Species Status
MMPA Depleted
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Region
Alaska
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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Black Abalone
Haliotis cracherodii
Species Category
Invertebrates
Abalone
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Endangered
Year Listed
2009
Recovery Plan
Final
Critical Habitat
Final
Region
West Coast
Blackchin Guitarfish
Rhinobatos cemiculus
Species Category
Fish
Protected Fish
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Threatened - Foreign
Year Listed
2017
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Region
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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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
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Region
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
MMPA Protected
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Region
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
MMPA Depleted
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Region
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix I
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Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region
Species Status
SPAW Annex II
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Bocaccio (Protected)
Sebastes paucispinis
Also Known As
Bocaccio, Rock Salmon, Salmon Rockfish, Pacific Red Snapper, Pacific Snapper, Oregon Red Snapper, Oregon Snapper, Longjaw, Merou, Jack, Snapper, Rock Cod, Rockfish
Species Category
Fish
Groundfish
Protected Fish
Name of DPS or Stock
Puget Sound/Georgia Basin DPS
Species Status
ESA Endangered
Year Listed
2010
Recovery Plan
Final
Critical Habitat
Final
Region
Alaska
West Coast
Boulder Star Coral
Orbicella franksi
Species Category
Invertebrates
Corals
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Threatened
Year Listed
2014
Recovery Plan
Under Development
Critical Habitat
Final
Region
Southeast
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region
Species Status
SPAW Annex II
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Bowhead Whale
Balaena mysticetus
Species Category
Whales
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Endangered
Year Listed
1970
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Region
Alaska
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
MMPA Protected
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Region
Alaska
Name of DPS or Stock
Western Arctic stock
Species Status
MMPA Depleted
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Region
Alaska
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix I
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Brazilian Guitarfish
Rhinobatos horkelii
Species Category
Fish
Protected Fish
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
ESA Endangered - Foreign
Year Listed
2017
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Region
Foreign
Name of DPS or Stock
Throughout Its Range
Species Status
CITES Appendix II
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