Department of the Interior November 16, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are adding two marine taxa to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife (List) in accordance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (Act). These two taxa are the white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) and the United States Distinct Vertebrate Population Segment (DPS) of the smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata). These amendments are based on previously published determinations by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, which has jurisdiction for these species.