Endangered and Threatened Species; Designation of Critical Habitat for North Pacific Right Whale
endangered-species · north pacific · right whale · Published 2008-04-08 · Effective 2008-05-08 · 73 FR 19000
Document
Document number
E8-7233
Federal Register citation
73 FR 19000
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
endangered-species
Region
north pacific
Species
right whale
Publication date
2008-04-08
Effective date
2008-05-08
NOAA docket
Docket No. 070717354-8251-02
Abstract
We, NMFS, designate critical habitat for the North Pacific right whale in this rulemaking. The North Pacific right whale was recently listed as a separate, endangered species, and because this was a newly listed entity, we were required to designate critical habitat for it.