12-22-2016

Eschrichtius robustus

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Detailed information

Full Name: Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)

Where found: Western North Pacific DPS — See 50 CFR 224.101

Critical Habitat:N/A

Species Group:Mammals

Current listing status

Status	Date Listed	Lead Region	Where Listed
Endangered	06/02/1970	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)	Western North Pacific DPS — See 50 CFR 224.101
Delisted due to Recovery	06/16/1994	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)	Eastern North Pacific Ocean--coastal and Bering, Beaufort, and Chukchi Seas

Population location: Western North Pacific DPS — See 50 CFR 224.101

Listing status: Endangered
- USFWS Refuges in which this population is known to occur: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge
Population location: Eastern North Pacific Ocean--coastal and Bering, Beaufort, and Chukchi Seas

Listing status: Delisted due to Recovery

Federal register documents

Date	Citation Page	Title
07/23/2014	79 FR 42687 42696	Marine and Anadromous Taxa: Additions, Removal, Updates,and Corrections to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
10/06/1999	64 FR 54275 54276	Marine Mammals; Gray Whale Research and Monitoring
06/16/1994	59 FR 31094 31095	ETWP; Final Rule to Remove the Eastern North Pacific Population of the Gray Whale From the List of Endangered Wildlife
01/07/1993	58 FR 3121 3135	(NOAA/NMFS) Endangered Fish and Wildlife; Gray Whale (Notice of Determination to Delist); (Eschrichtius robustus)
12/10/1991	56 FR 64498 64499	ETWP; Petition and Finding to Remove the Eschrichtius robustus (Eastern Pacific Gray Whale) Stock from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; 56 FR 64498 64499
11/22/1991	56 FR 58869 58877	ETWP; Eschrichtius robustus (Gray Whale); 56 FR 58869 58877
06/02/1970	35 FR 8491 8498	Part 17 - Conservation of Endangered Species and Other Fish or Wildlife (First List of Endangered Foreign Fish and Wildlife as Appendix A)
04/14/1970	35 FR 6069	Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Endangered Species Conservation); 35 FR 6069

Recovery

No critical habitat rules have been published for the Gray whale.

Date	Citation Page	Title	Document Type
10/06/1999	64 FR 54275 54276	Marine Mammals; Gray Whale Research and Monitoring	Notice Doc. Availability
06/16/1994	59 FR 31094 31095	ETWP; Final Rule to Remove the Eastern North Pacific Population of the Gray Whale From the List of Endangered Wildlife	Final Delisting, Recovered Final Listing, Endangered
11/22/1991	56 FR 58869 58877	ETWP; Eschrichtius robustus (Gray Whale); 56 FR 58869 58877	Proposed Delisting, Recovered

Date	Citation Page	Title	Document Type
10/06/1999	64 FR 54275 54276	Marine Mammals; Gray Whale Research and Monitoring	Notice Doc. Availability
06/16/1994	59 FR 31094 31095	ETWP; Final Rule to Remove the Eastern North Pacific Population of the Gray Whale From the List of Endangered Wildlife	Final Delisting, Recovered Final Listing, Endangered
11/22/1991	56 FR 58869 58877	ETWP; Eschrichtius robustus (Gray Whale); 56 FR 58869 58877	Proposed Delisting, Recovered