# Endangered and Threatened Species; Endangered Status for North Pacific and North Atlantic Right Whales
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2008-03-06 · Effective 2008-04-07 · 73 FR 12024
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-4376
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 12024
- **Publication date:** 2008-03-06
- **Effective date:** 2008-04-07
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 080225302-8314-01
## Abstract

We, NMFS, completed a status review of right whales in the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in December 2006 and are listing the currently endangered northern right whale (Eubalaena spp.) as two separate, endangered species, North Pacific right whale (E. japonica) and North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/03/06/E8-4376/endangered-and-threatened-species-endangered-status-for-north-pacific-and-north-atlantic-right)
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