NOAA fisheries finds ESA listing of Alaska cold-water corals is not warranted
Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
NOAA Fisheries has concluded that a petition to list 44 species of cold water corals off Alaska as threatened or endangered does not present substantial information that listing under the Endangered Species Act may be warranted. The agency will not conduct a formal status review of the species.