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All Species ESA Threatened & Endangered Marine Mammals Sustainable Seafood. 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).
Species Name ▼Species CategoryListed Entity Protected Status Year ...Acropora globiceps Coral Acropora ...Species Category Invertebrates CoralsName of DPS or Stock Species Species ...Acropora jacquelineae Coral Acropora ...Species Category Invertebrates CoralsName of DPS or Stock Species Species ...Acropora lokani Coral Acropora lokaniSpecies Category Invertebrates CoralsName of DPS or Stock Species Species ...Acropora pharaonis Coral Acropora ...Species Category Invertebrates CoralsName of DPS or Stock Species Species ...Marine mammal species and populations are listed as endangered or threatened under the ESA. The MMPA protects all marine mammal species; many of which are listed as depleted. IUCN red list of threatened species provides a global status for all marine species, including marine mammals.
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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 .
Species IllustrationSpecies Name ▼Species CategoryListed Entity Protected Status Year ...ImageAtlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella ...Species Category Dolphins & PorpoisesName of DPS or Stock Species Species ...ImageAtlantic White-Sided Dolphin ...Species Category Dolphins & PorpoisesName of DPS or Stock Species Species ...ImageBaird’s Beaked Whale Berardius bairdiiSpecies Category WhalesName of DPS or Stock Species Species ...ImageBearded Seal Erignathus barbatusSpecies Category Seals & Sea LionsName of DPS or Stock Beringia DPS Species ...Endangered: Dugong: Dugong dugon: Vulnerable: Humphead Wrasse: Cheilinus undulatus: Endangered: Pacific Salmon: Dolphins and Porpoises: Whale: Balaenoptera, Balaena, Eschrichtius, and Eubalaen: Endangered: Seals: Sea Lions: Zalophus wollebaeki: Endangered: Marine Iguana: Amblyrhynchus cristatus: Vulnerable: Tuna: Thunnus and Katsuwonus species ...
Common NameScientific NameConservation StatusCheloniidae and Dermochelyidae familiesEndangeredPhocoena sinusCritically EndangeredRhincodon typusEndangeredDugong dugonVulnerableDec 9, 2022 · Human activity devastating marine species from mammals to corals - IUCN Red List. Montreal, Canada, 9 December 2022 (IUCN) – Today’s update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ highlights a barrage of threats affecting marine species, including illegal and unsustainable fishing, pollution, climate change and disease.
Marine mammals comprise over 130 living and recently extinct species in three taxonomic orders. The Society for Marine Mammalogy, an international scientific society, maintains a list of valid species and subspecies, most recently updated in October 2015. [1] . This list follows the Society's taxonomy regarding and subspecies.
Endangered species are in danger of going extinct, while Threatened species are approaching Endangered status. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages those animals and plants listed that are found on land and in freshwater, and 137 marine species are managed by NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
