Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus)
Policy Actions

1970

• Listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Conservation Act (PDF 660 kB)

1973

• Listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)

2001

• National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issues a 90-day finding on a petition to designate critical habitat for the Western Arctic stock of bowhead whales stating that the critical habitat designation may be warranted (PDF 37 kB)

2002

• NMFS rules not to designate critical habitat for the Western Arctic stock of bowhead whales (PDF 55 kB)

2008

• NMFS publishes the Environmental Impact Statement for subsistence hunting quotas (PDF 15,511 kB)