12 §6975. List of state endangered and state threatened marine species
Title 12: CONSERVATION
Part 9: MARINE RESOURCES
Subpart 2: LICENSING
Chapter 631: ENDANGERED OR THREATENED MARINE SPECIES HEADING: PL 2003, C. 573, §1 (NEW)
§6975. List of state endangered and state threatened marine species
The list of state endangered or state threatened marine species by common name, scientific name and status is as follows: [2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).]
1. Right whale. Right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, endangered;
[ 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW) .]
2. Humpback whale. Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, endangered;
[ 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW) .]
3. Finback whale. Finback whale, Balaenoptera physalus, endangered;
[ 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW) .]
4. Sperm whale. Sperm whale, Physeter catodon, endangered;
[ 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW) .]
5. Sei whale. Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis, endangered;
[ 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW) .]
6. Leatherback turtle. Leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, endangered;
[ 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW) .]
7. Atlantic ridley turtle. Atlantic ridley turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, endangered;
[ 2007, c. 6, §1 (AMD) .]
8. Loggerhead turtle. Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, threatened; and
[ 2007, c. 6, §2 (AMD) .]
9. Shortnose sturgeon. Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum, endangered.
[ 2007, c. 6, §3 (NEW) .]
SECTION HISTORY
2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW). 2007, c. 6, §§1-3 (AMD).