ESA Listing Petitions

Frequently Asked Questions: Endangered and Threatened Species Listing 101

Species within the Southeast Region that have been Petitioned for Listing or Undergoing Status Reviews:

Yellowtail Damselfish

• The Center for Biological Diversity Petition

White Marlin

• Notice of the 90-day finding on two petitions to list the white marlin as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (78 FR 6299)
• Chambers Petition
• The Center for Biological Diversity Petition

Queen Conch

• Notice of the 90-day finding on the WildEarth Guardians petition to list the queen conch as threatened or endangered and initiation of a status review (77 FR 51763)
  • FAQs about the queen conch 90-day finding
• The WildEarth Guardians Petition

Sperm Whale

• The WildEarth Guardians Petition to List the Sperm Whale in the Gulf of Mexico as a Distinct Population Segment Under the ESA.

Dwarf Seahorse

• Notice of the 90-day finding on the Center for Biological Diversity petition to list the dwarf seahorse as threatened or endangered and initiation of a status review (77 FR 26478)
• The Center for Biological Diversity Petition

Alabama Shad

• Notice of the 90-day finding on the Center of Biological Diversity et al. petition to list the Alabama shad as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (76 FR 9320)

• The Center for Biological Diversity et al. Petition
• For more information on the petitioned species please click here

Caribbean Electric Ray

• Notice of the 90-day finding on the WildEarth Guardians petition to list the Caribbean Electric Ray as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (76 FR 15947)

• The WildEarth Guardians Petition

Speckled Hind, Goliath and Nassau Groupers

• Notice of the 90-day finding on the WildEarth Guardians petition to list the Nassau grouper as threatened or endangered and initiation of a status review
  
  • Submit information and data by December 10, 2012
  • FAQs about the Nassau grouper 90-day finding
• Notice of the 90-day finding on the WildEarth Guardians petition to list the speckled hind as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (77 FR 25687)
• Notice of the 90-day finding on the WildEarth Guardians petition to list the Goliath grouper as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (76 FR 31592)
• The WildEarth Guardians Petition
• For more information on the petitioned species please click here

Warsaw Grouper

• Notice of 90-day finding on the WildEarth Guardians petition to list the Warsaw grouper as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (75 FR 59690)
• The WildEarth Guardians Petition
• For more information on the petitioned species please click here

Saltmarsh Topminnow

• Notice of the 90-Day finding on the WildEarth Guardians and Ms. Sarah Felsen petition to list the saltmarsh topminnow as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (76 FR 49412)
  
  
• The WildEarth Guardians and Ms. Sarah Felsen Petition

Texas Pipefish

• Notice of 90-day finding on the WildEarth Guardians petition to list the Texas pipefish as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (76 FR 7820)

• The WildEarth Guardians Petition

Six Species of Sawfish: Knifetooth, Dwarf, Freshwater, Common, Narrowsnout, Smalltooth

• Notice of 90-Day finding on the WildEarth Guardians petition to list six species of sawfish as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Specie Act (76 FR 12308)
• The WildEarth Guardians Petition

83 Coral Species: Seven of which are Atlantic and Caribbean Species located within the Southeast Region

• Notice of 90-Day finding on the Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 83 coral species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (75 FR 6616)
• The Center for Biological Diversity Petition
• For more information on the petition to list 83 coral species please click here

 

 

For Addition information please contact the Southeast Regional Office at: 727-824-5312