Current through 131st (2023-2024) Legislature Chapter 684
Section 6975 - List of state endangered and state threatened marine speciesThe list of state endangered or state threatened marine species by common name, scientific name and status is as follows: [2003, c. 573, §1(NEW).]
1.Right whale. Right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, endangered; [2003, c. 573, §1(NEW).]
2.Humpback whale. Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, endangered; [2003, c. 573, §1(NEW).]
3.Finback whale. Finback whale, Balaenoptera physalus, endangered; [2003, c. 573, §1(NEW).]
4.Sperm whale. Sperm whale, Physeter catodon, endangered; [2003, c. 573, §1(NEW).]
5.Sei whale. Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis, endangered; [2003, c. 573, §1(NEW).]
6.Leatherback turtle. Leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, endangered; [2003, c. 573, §1(NEW).]
7.Atlantic ridley turtle. Atlantic ridley turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, endangered; [2007, c. 6, §1(AMD).]
8.Loggerhead turtle. Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, threatened; and [2007, c. 6, §2(AMD).]
9.Shortnose sturgeon. Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum, endangered. [2007, c. 6, §3(NEW).]
2003, c. 573, § 1 (NEW) . 2007, c. 6, §§1-3 (AMD) .