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Description: Following receipt of a petition requesting that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) list the Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), NMFS announced the initiation of a status review for this species. This status review report summarizes and evaluates the best available scientific and commercial information on the biology and status for this species, and presents an assessment of the extinction risk for this species. The information in this review was used to make a 12-month finding determination that this species has a high risk of extinction throughout its range and warrants listing as an endangered species under the ESA.
ID: ID447 Info. Type: ISI
Start date of Peer Review: 12/01/2022
Estimated Initial Dissemination Date: 1/9/2023
Actual Dissemination Date of peer review report and final work product: 2/20/2024
Contact Person: CDR Jonathan R. Heesch Get contact information
Review Type: Individual letters
Expected Number of Peer Reviewers: 4
Peer Reviewers will be selected by: National Marine Fisheries Service
Will the public, including scientific or professional societies, be asked to nominate potential peer reviewers? No.
Will there be opportunities for the public to comment on the work product to be peer reviewed? Yes.
How: NMFS published a proposed rule in the Federal Register on 4/7/2023, and opened a 60-day public comment period that closed on 6/6/2023 on both the proposed rule and draft status review report. An electronic copy of the draft status review report was made available for public review and comment at https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-07286. Additionally, NMFS published a correction notice on the proposed rule on 7/20/2023 at https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-15397, and reopened the public comment period for 60 days to allow the public additional opportunity to comment on the correction notice, the proposed rule, and the draft status review report. Public comments were received by 9/18/2023, and incorporated into the draft status review report and final rule, as appropriate.
When: Public comments were due on 9/18/2023.
Will the agency provide significant and relevant public comments to the peer reviewers before they conduct their review? No.
Primary disciplines or expertise needed in the review: Cetacean biology and ecology, genetics, population dynamics, threats
Comments on Peer Review:
Peer review report and final work product