Regulations to Protect Sea Turtles

2004

• May 5 - Virginia Pound Net final Rule
• April 16 - TED Double Cover Long Flap proposed rule
• April 2 - Western Pacific HMS Pelagic Longline final rule
• March 11 - California Pelagic Longline final rule
• February 19 - Virginia Pound Net notice of public hearing
• February 11 - Atlantic HMS Pelagic Longline proposed rule

2003

• December 16 - California/Oregon Drift Gillnet final rule
• September 22 - State of Hawaii Incidental Take Permit notice of public scoping
• September 15 - 12-Month Finding on Loggerhead Petition
• August 27 - Coulon TED final rule
• July 30 - Coulon TED proposed rule
• April 25 - Permit Issued for TED Exemption
• February 21 - TED Opening Final Rule

2002

• May 10: Modified TEDs for Shrimp Trawlers: area bounded by 32 degrees N. lat. and 34 degrees N. lat. within the Leatherback Conservation Zone
• April 26: Modified TEDs for Shrimp Trawlers: area bounded by 32 degrees N. lat. and 34 degrees N. lat. within the Leatherback Conservation Zone
• April 19: Modified TEDs for Shrimp Trawlers in GA

2001

• August 24:California/Oregon Drift gillnet interim final rule
• June 18: Turtle Handling Guidelines
• May 14: Double Cover Flap TED Final Rule  
• March 13: Florida Shark Driftnet closure
• January 9: Parker soft TED Final Rule  

2000

• August 29: Galveston Bay TED Exemption
• August 25: Hawaii Longline Emergency Closure
• April 05: Revised TED regulations ANPR
• March 28: Hawaii Longline Clipper Rule

1999

• October 13 :Parker Soft TED extension

Regulations to Protect Pacific Salmonids

2000

• July 10(a): Final Rule Governing Take of 14 threatened salmon and steelhead ESUs.
• July 10(b): Limitation on Section 9 Protections Applicable to Salmon and Steelhead Listed as threatened under the ESA for actions under Tribal Resource Management Plans