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Title 50

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  1. Title 50 —Wildlife and Fisheries
  2. Chapter II —National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
  3. Subchapter C —Marine Mammals
  4. Part 226   View Full Text
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Title 50Wildlife and FisheriesPart / Section
Chapter IINational Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce200 – 299
Subchapter CMarine Mammals216 – 229
Part 226Designated Critical Habitat226.101 – 226.232
§ 226.101Purpose and scope.
§ 226.201Critical habitat for the Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi).
§ 226.202Critical habitat for Steller sea lions.
§ 226.203Critical habitat for North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis).
§ 226.204Critical habitat for Sacramento winter-run chinook salmon.
§ 226.205Critical habitat for Snake River sockeye salmon, Snake River fall chinook salmon, and Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon.
§ 226.206Critical habitat for the Southern Resident killer whale (Orcinus orca).
§ 226.207Critical habitat for leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea).
§ 226.208Critical habitat for green turtle.
§ 226.209Critical habitat for hawksbill turtle.
§ 226.210Central California Coast Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Southern Oregon/Northern California Coasts Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch).
§ 226.211Critical habitat for Seven Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) of Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in California.
§ 226.212Critical habitat for 15 Distinct Population Segments (DPSs) of salmon and steelhead (Oncorhynchus spp.) in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
§ 226.213 [Reserved]
§ 226.214Critical habitat for Gulf sturgeon.
§ 226.215Critical habitat for the North Pacific Right Whale (Eubalaena japonica).
§ 226.216Critical habitat for elkhorn (Acropora palmata) and staghorn (A. cervicornis) corals.
§ 226.217Critical habitat for the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar).
§ 226.218Critical habitat for the U.S. DPS of smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata).
§ 226.219Critical habitat for the Southern Distinct Population Segment of North American Green Sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris).
§ 226.220Critical habitat for the Cook Inlet beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas).
§ 226.221Critical habitat for black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii).
§ 226.222Critical habitat for the southern Distinct Population Segment of eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus).
§ 226.223Critical habitat for the Northwest Atlantic Ocean Distinct Population Segment of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta).
§ 226.224Critical habitat for the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin DPS of yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus), and Bocaccio (S. paucispinus).
§ 226.225Critical habitat for the Gulf of Maine, New York Bight, Chesapeake Bay, Carolina, and South Atlantic distinct population segments (DPSs) of Atlantic Sturgeon.
§ 226.226Critical habitat for the main Hawaiian Islands insular false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) Distinct Population Segment.
§ 226.227Critical habitat for the Central America, Mexico, and Western North Pacific distinct population segments (DPSs) of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
§ 226.228Critical Habitat for the Arctic Subspecies (Pusa hispida hispida) of the Ringed Seal.
§ 226.229Critical Habitat for the Beringia Distinct Population Segment of the Bearded Seal Subspecies Erignathus barbatus nauticus.
§ 226.230Critical habitat for the Caribbean Boulder Star Coral (Orbicella franksi), Lobed Star Coral (O. annularis), Mountainous Star Coral (O. faveolata), Pillar Coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus), and Rough Cactus Coral (Mycetophyllia ferox).
§ 226.231Critical habitat for the Nassau grouper.
§ 226.232Critical habitat for Acropora globiceps, Acropora retusa, Acropora speciosa, Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa, and Isopora crateriformis.
Table 1 to Part 226
Major Steller Sea Lion Rookery Sites
Table 2 to Part 226
Major Steller Sea Lion Haulout Sites in Alaska
Table 3 to Part 226
Hydrologic Units Containing Critical Habitat for Snake River Sockeye Salmon and Snake River Spring/Summer and Fall Chinook Salmon
Table 4 to Part 226 [Reserved]
Table 5 to Part 226
Hydrologic Units and Counties Containing Critical Habitat for Central California Coast Coho Salmon, Tribal Lands Within the Range of the ESU, and Dams/Reservoirs Representing the Upstream Extent of Critical Habitat
Table 6 to Part 226
Hydrologic Units and Counties Containing Critical Habitat for Southern Oregon/Northern California Coasts Coho Salmon, Tribal Lands Within the Range of the ESU, and Dams/Reservoirs Representing the Upstream Extent of Critical Habitat
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