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Interim Report on Post-Delisting Monitoring of Nine Distinct Population Segments of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
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2022
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Alternative Title:Interim Report for the Monitoring Plan for Nine Distinct Population Segments of the Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
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Description:In 2016, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) revised the species-wide Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing for humpback whales (81 FR 62259, September 2016), listing 4 of the 14 distinct population segments (DPSs) as endangered, one as threatened, and leaving nine DPSs not listed. Under section 4(g) of the ESA, and joint guidance from NMFS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), NMFS is to monitor, for a minimum of five years, any species delisted due to its recovery (USFWS and NMFS, 2008). Although nine DPSs of humpback whales no longer qualified for listing and thus were technically not “delisted,” for the reasons explained in the ESA listing final rule, NMFS considered it appropriate to monitor the status of the populations that are no longer listed. As a result, in 2016, NMFS completed a plan to carry out the required monitoring for nine DPSs of humpback whales: the Hawaiʻi, West Indies, Brazil, West Australia, East Australia, Southeastern Pacific, Oceania, Southeast Africa/Madagascar, and Gabon/Southwest Africa DPSs (NMFS, 2016).
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Rights Information:CC0 Public Domain
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