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Rice's Whale Critical Habitat Fact Sheet


Rice's Whale Critical Habitat Fact Sheet | Defenders of Wildlife

Critical Habitat Designation for Rice's Whale ... Rice's whale is the only great whale species living full-time in the Gulf of Mexico. The species ...

Endangered Species Act Rice's Whale Critical Habitat Report

indicate that the essential feature is present, as evidenced by Rice's whale sightings data, the presence of Rice's whale prey, and habitat use ...

Rice's Whale: Conservation & Management - NOAA Fisheries

We, NOAA Fisheries, propose to designate critical habitat for the endangered Rice’s whale pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act. The ...

Designation of Critical Habitat for the Rice's Whale - Federal Register

Based on the best available data, we conclude that the normal distribution of Rice's whales is limited to the Gulf of Mexico. No NMFS marine ...

28 September 2023 Mr. David Bernhart, Assistant Regional ...

1 “Endangered Species Act Rice's Whale Critical Habitat Report – Proposed Information Basis and Impact. Considerations of Critical Habitat ...

Rice's Whale | Defenders of Wildlife

This whale's core habitat is the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, mostly centered around the De Soto Canyon offshore from Pensacola, Florida, in waters that range ...

Proposed_RicesWhale_20230724 - Overview

Critical habitat for the Rice's whale includes all marine waters from a nearshore boundary corresponding to the 100-meter isobath to an ...

Overview of Proposed Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for Rice's ...

2020 - Scientists determined based on morphological and genetic data that the previously known subspecies. “Gulf of Mexico Bryde's whale” ...

Review of the Rice's Whale Proposed Critical Habitat and Related ...

This report reviews the scientific information presented by NMFS in the proposed critical habitat rule for Rice's whale, Balaenoptera ricei (88 FR 47453, 24 ...

Expanded Rice's Whale Protection Efforts

of designated critical habitat. On March 13, 2020, NMFS issued a ... The collection of information referred to in this NTL provides BOEM with ...

Chevron Comments Proposed Rices Whale CHD KYK-sign_2023.10

best available scientific data, not the most pessimistic”). 10 While the proposed critical habitat rule identifies this report as Garrison et al ...

Designation of Critical Habitat for the Rice's Whale, Public Hearing ...

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ... On July 24, 2023, NMFS published a proposed rule to designate critical habitat for the endangered Rice's whale ( ...

October 6, 2023 VIA Federal eRulemaking Portal

7 See Endangered Species Act Rice's Whale Critical Habitat Report, Proposed Information Basis and ... Fact Sheet (June 21, 2023), https ...

Rice's Whale - Marine Mammal Commission

Spatial density models suggest that suitable habitat is available for Rice's whales in the entire Gulf of Mexico in the 100 to 400m depth range. Rice's whales ...

Critical Habitat for the Endangered Rice's Whale - Regulations.gov

This rule finalizes designation of critical habitat for the endangered Rice's whale as one specific area within the Gulf of Mexico.

Rice's Whale proposed vessel restriction zones - Florida Specifier

The proposed designation of critical habitat for Rice's whale in the Gulf of Mexico could have significant impacts on vessel operations and economic ...

Rice's Whale - Healthy Gulf

NMFS was required under the ESA to designate critical habitat for the Rice's whale within a year of it being designated as endangered, but they have not done so ...

Feds Propose New Critical Habitat Designation for Endangered Whale

The National Marine Fisheries Service has submitted a proposed rule designating critical habitat for the highly endangered Rice's whale.

Overview of Rice's Whale Status & Speed Limit Petition in the Gulf of ...

Critical habitat was not determinable at the time of listing. ○ 2020 - Scientists determined based on morphological and genetic data, that the ...

A density surface model describing the habitat of the Critically ...

ABSTRACT: The newly recognized Rice's whale Balaenoptera ricei is among the most endangered large whale species in the world and primarily ...