[Coral-List] Reminder: NOAA Fisheries Public Hearings for Proposed Coral Listing in US Caribbean

[Jennifer Moore - NOAA Federal]

NOAA's upcoming coral public hearings in Puerto Rico and USVI.
For more information see:
http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/esa/82CoralSpecies.htm

NOAA Fisheries is proposing Endangered Species Act (ESA) listings for 66
coral species: 59 in the Pacific and 7 in the Caribbean.

·         In the Pacific, 7 species are proposed as endangered and 52 as
threatened.
·         In the Caribbean, 5 are proposed as endangered and 2 as
threatened.

In addition, we are proposing that 2 Caribbean species—elkhorn and staghorn
corals—already listed under the ESA be reclassified from threatened to
endangered.
All of these species are now considered "Proposed Species" under the ESA.
NOAA will make a final determination as to whether any of the species
warrant listing as threatened or endangered by November 30, 2013.

For more information on the Atlantic/Caribbean coral species please contact
Jennifer Moore at jennifer.moore at noaa.gov.

*Attend a Public Hearing*

*Jurisdiction*

*Date and Time*

*Location*


*Puerto Rico*


Monday
February 4, 2013
6-8 p.m.


Dept. of Natural and Environmental Resources
4th Floor Conference Room
Road 8838, km. 6.3, Sector El Cinco Río Piedras, Puerto Rico


Tuesday
February 5, 2013
6-8 p.m.


University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus
Salas Eugene Francis, Physics Building, Room # 229
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

*U.S. Virgin Islands*


Wednesday
February 6, 2013
7-9 p.m.


Buck Island Reef National Monument
2100 Church Street, #100
Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands


Thursday
February 7, 2013
7-9 p.m.


Windward Passage Hotel
Veterans Drive
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

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*Jennifer Moore
ESA Coral Coordinator | Protected Resources Division
NOAA Fisheries Service
263 13th Ave South
Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
727-551-5797 phone | 727-824-5309 faxjennifer.moore at noaa.gov
http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/esa/acropora.htm*

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To those who sacrificed careers of adventure in the wide-open spaces
to wrestle for conservation in the policy arena.*