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Protected Species Contents:  PORIFERA (Sponges)MOLUSCAGastropodaBivalviaREPTILIAAVES (BIRDS)MAMMALIA (MAMMALS)Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises)REFERENCESPORIFERA (Sponges) Scientific name: Porifera Common name: All sponges Range or habitat: marine Reasons for protection: commercial Also endangered by other agencies: — MOLUSCA Gastropoda Scientific name: Trochus niloticus (syn. Trochus maximus) Common name: Commercial top shell Range or habitat: marine Reasons for protection: commercial, closed season Also endangered by other agencies: —  Bivalvia Scientific name: Pictada margaritifera Common name: Black-lip pearl oyster Range or habitat: marine Reasons for protection: commercial, closed season Also endangered by other agencies: — REPTILIA Scientific name: Eretmochelys imbricata Common name: Hawksbill turtle Range or habitat: marine, northern atolls Reasons for protection: RMI endangered species Also endangered by other agencies: IUCN, US Scientific name: Dermochelys coriacea Common name: Leatherback turtle Range or habitat: marine, vagrant Reasons for protection: RMI endangered species Also endangered by other agencies: IUCN, US Scientific name: Chelonia mydas Common name: Green sea turtle Range or habitat: marine, nests on northern atolls Reasons for protection: no commercial activities Also endangered by other agencies: IUCN, US Scientific name: Caretta caretta Common name: Loggerhead turtle Range or habitat: marine, vagrant Reasons for protection: no commercial activities Also endangered by other agencies: IUCN, US Scientific name: Lapidochelys olivacea Common name: Pacific Ridley turtle Range or habitat: marine, vagrant Reasons for protection: no commercial activities Also endangered by other agencies: IUCN, US AVES (BIRDS) Scientific name: Ducula oceanica ratakensis Common name: Ratak Micronesian Pigeon Range or habitat: Amo, Miliextirpated on Maloelap, Wotje, Majuro Reasons for protection: RMI endangered species Also endangered by other agencies: US MAMMALIA (MAMMALS) Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises) Scientific name: Stenella attenuata attenuata Common name: Offshore spotted dolphin Range or habitat: marine, transient? Reasons for protection: marine mammal protection act,protection in the course of commercial fishing Also endangered by other agencies: C.I.T.E.S., IUCN Scientific name: Stenella attenuata graffmani Common name: Coastal spotted dolphin Range or habitat: marine, transient? Reasons for protection: marine mammal protection act,protection in the course of commercial fishing Also endangered by other agencies: C.I.T.E.S., IUCN Scientific name: Stenella longirostris orientalis Common name: Eastern spinner dolphin Range or habitat: marine, transient? Reasons for protection: marine mammal protection act,protection in the course of commercial fishing Also endangered by other agencies: C.I.T.E.S., IUCN Scientific name: Stenella longirostris longirostris Common name: Whitebelly spinner dolphin Range or habitat: marine, transient? Reasons for protection: marine mammal protection act,protection in the course of commercial fishing Also endangered by other agencies: C.I.T.E.S., IUCN Scientific name: Stenella longirostris centroamericana Common name: Costa Rica spinner dolphin Range or habitat: marine, transient? Reasons for protection: marine mammal protection act,protection in the course of commercial fishing Also endangered by other agencies: C.I.T.E.S., IUCN Scientific name: Delphinus delphis Common name: Common dolphin Range or habitat: marine, transient? Reasons for protection: marine mammal protection act,protection in the course of commercial fishing Also endangered by other agencies: C.I.T.E.S., IUCN Scientific name: Stenella coeruleoalba Common name: Striped dolphin Range or habitat: marine, transient? Reasons for protection: marine mammal protection act,protection in the course of commercial fishing Also endangered by other agencies: C.I.T.E.S., IUCN Scientific name: Cetacea spp. Common name: All other species of small toothed cetaceans- Range or habitat: marine, transient? Reasons for protection: marine mammal protection act,protection in the course of commercial fishing Also endangered by other agencies: C.I.T.E.S., IUCN Scientific name: Balaenoptera musculus Common name: Blue whale Range or habitat: marine Reasons for protection: RMI endangered species Also endangered by other agencies: C.I.T.E.S., IUCN, US Scientific name: Physeter catodon Common name: Sperm whale Range or habitat: marine Reasons for protection: RMI endangered species Also endangered by other agencies: C.I.T.E.S., IUCN, US REFERENCES National Biodiversity Team of the RMI, 2000. The Marshall Islands - Living Atols Amidst the Living Sea/ The National Biodiversity Report of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. © RMI Biodiversity Project. ISBN 982-9045-02-1, St. Hildegard Publishing Company, Santa Clarita, CA, USA. Republic of the Marshall Islands Environmental Protection Authority 1997. Collected Environmental Regulations. Majuro, Marshall Islands Republic of the Marshall Islands Nitijela 1997. Marshall Islands Marine Resources Act, Bill No. 88. Majuro, Marshall Islands __________ 1988. Marshall Islands Revised Code, Vol. I and II. Majuro, Marshall Islands USAKA, 1995. Environmental Standards and Procedures for United States Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Activities in the Republic of the Marshall Islands U.S. Fish and Wildlife 1996a. Pacific Islands (excluding Hawai'i) Plants and Animals: Updated March 1,1996. Listed, Proposed or Candidate Species, as Designated under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. ___________ 1996b. Candidates of Endangered Species Act Protection -1996 Notice of Review. Q's and A's ___________1997. Hawaiian Islands Animals. Listed and Candidate Species, as Designated under the U. S. Endangered Species Act. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
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