Endangered Species Bulletin articles from January 1998

Endangered Species Bulletin archives from January 1998

NMFS--a Partner for Endangered Species.
January 1, 1998... NMFS is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the U.S. Department of Commerce. The NMFS national headquarters office is located in Silver Spring, Maryland, with five regional offices and supporting science centers...

NMFS Steers Marine Issues at COP10.(National Marine Fisheries Service, Conference of Parties)
January 1, 1998... Volume XXII, No. 5, of the Endangered Species Bulletin contained an overview of the latest Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), a treaty to conserve species...

Protecting the Source of Caviar.
January 1, 1998... Acipenseriformes is a primitive group of approximately 27 species whose biological attributes make them particularly vulnerable to decline due to intensive fishing pressure. Although females produce large quantities of eggs, juvenile mortality...

Paddlefish and the World Caviar Trade.
January 1, 1998... Historically, paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) occurred in all of the major tributaries of the Mississippi River Basin and supported both sport and commercial fisheries. In recent decades, however, paddlefish stocks have been declining, and in...

Maine Takes Lead for Atlantic Salmon.
January 1, 1998... The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) have withdrawn their proposal to protect Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in seven Maine rivers under the Endangered Species Act. Instead, the fish will be...

FWS Coastal Habitat Programs.
January 1, 1998... Coastal environments include some of the world's most productive wildlife habitats. Less than 10 percent of our Nation's land area consists of coastal ecosystems, but they support a much higher percentage of our wetlands, migratory songbirds,...

Habitat Conservation Plan for Sea Turtles.
January 1, 1998... Since the turn of the century, the wide, hardpacked beaches of Volusia County, Florida, have been an attraction to tourists. The condition of the beaches was so ideal for vehicular driving that they were once used for automobile racing. The...

Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge.
January 1, 1998... The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge represents the nation's most significant land acquisition effort to protect endangered and threatened sea turtles. The idea to establish a sea turtle refuge began in the late 1980's as a direct result of...

REGIONAL NEWS & RECOVERY UPDATES.
January 1, 1998... Regional endangered species contacts have reported the following news briefs: Region 1 Multiple Species Conservation Program Plan This regional plan, recently approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the California...

LISTING ACTIONS.
January 1, 1998... During October and November of 1997, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published the following listing actions under the Endangered Species Act (ESA): Proposed Listing Rules Two Riparian Mammals Two mammal subspecies native to...

BOX SCORE.
January 1, 1998... Listing and Recovery Plans as of December 31, 1997 ENDANGERED THREATENED GROUP U.S. FOREIGN U.S. FOREIGN MAMMALS 58 251 7 15 BIRDS ...