1.1 Reviewers

• Main Authors: National Marine, Fisheries Service, Shannon Bettridge
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Pacific; North Atlantic; North Atlantic right whale; North Pacific right whale; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.304.5073; http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/species/northpacificrightwhale_5yearreview.pdf

1.2 Methodology used to complete the review The first draft of this review was completed by Amanda Keledjian and relied on information in the North Atlantic Right Whale Recovery Plan and other recent publications. The draft document was reviewed by staff in the Office of Protected Resources, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, and Alaska Regional Office. 1.3 Background Section 4(c)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires, at least every five years, a review of all threatened and endangered species to determine if they should be removed from the list of threatened or endangered species or changed in their listing status. For species for which no recovery plan has been written (e.g., the North Pacific right whale), a five-year review entails analyzing all available information on such species relative to the definitions of endangered and threatened and in the context of the factors listed in section 4(a)(1) of the ESA. The five-year review is also used to help track the recovery of a species. The following information identifies previous documentation of recovery actions, listing decisions, and status updates required under the ESA, and thus provides the foundation for analysis and incorporation of any relevant new information related to the recovery, listing status, and classification of North Pacific right whales. 1.3.1 FR Notice announcing initiation of this review: 77 FR 16538; March 21, 2012 1 1.3.2 Listing history