US Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Critical Habitat for North Pacific Right Whale

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service has determined that the North Pacific right whale is a distinct species from those in the North Atlantic and southern hemisphere, and has proposed listing it as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The agency is seeking to designate critical habitat for the species, covering approximately 36,800 square miles in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea.