Continued operation of the American Samoa longline fishery

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• Alternative Title:
  Biological Opinion on Continued Operation of the American Samoa Longline Fishery on Endangered Species Act Listed Species
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Marine Fisheries Service
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; WCR (West Coast Region)
• Description:
  Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)) requires each federal agency to ensure that any action they authorize, fund, or carry out is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat of such species. When a federal agency’s action “may affect” an ESA-listed species, that agency is required to consult formally with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for marine species or their designated critical habitat or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for terrestrial and freshwater species or their designated critical habitat. Federal agencies are exempt from this formal consultation requirement if they have concluded that an action “may affect, but is not likely to adversely affect” ESA-listed species or their designated critical habitat, and NMFS or the FWS concur with that conclusion (50 CFR 402.14(b)).
• Keywords:
  Green Turtle Hammerhead Sharks Hawksbill Turtle Humpback Whale Leatherback Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Olive Ridley Turtle Sperm Whale Green Turtle Hammerhead Sharks Hawksbill Turtle Humpback Whale Leatherback Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Olive Ridley Turtle Sperm Whale

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• Series:
  ESA Section 7 Consultation
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/60ng-1326
• Format:
  PDF
• Document Type:
  Biological Opinion
• Place as Subject:
  American Samoa
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:afd20e70d49d1e857b580d8d1f8679291caf7d41fa03586911483f7cccc9293a
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/20701/noaa_20701_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.60 MB ]