NMFS Reopens Public Comment Period for Proposed Endangered Status of Hawaiian Insular False Killer Whale

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is reopening the public comment period for 15 days to consider new information that may identify a previously unrecognized population of false killer whales in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, which could impact the final determination of listing the Hawaiian insular false killer whale as a distinct population segment under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.