# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for the New Zealand-Australia Distinct Population Segment of the Southern Rockhopper Penguin
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2011-02-22 · Effective 2011-03-24 · 76 FR 9681
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-3732
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 9681
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2011-02-22
- **Effective date:** 2011-03-24
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R9-IA-2008-0069
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine threatened status for the New Zealand/Australia distinct population segment of the southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. This final rule implements the Federal protections provided by the Act for this species.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/02/22/2011-3732/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-determination-of-threatened-status-for-the-new)
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