Title 12, §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).

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