ESA Listing Petitions

For additional information on how species are listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) please click here

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

White Marlin

• Chambers Petition
• The Center for Biological Diversity Petition

Queen Conch

•  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 status review (77 FR 26478)
  • Submit information and comments through July 3, 2012

• 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 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