Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Policy Actions Summary Policy Actions Pertinent Documents Critical Habitat 1975 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes listing the green sea turtle as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (PDF 577 kB) 1976 NMFS proposes regulations treating three sea turtle species, including the green sea turtle, as threatened under the “Similarity of Appearance” clause of the ESA (PDF 828 kB) 1978 US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and NMFS list the green sea turtle as threatened under the ESA with the exception of the Florida and Mexican Pacific coast breeding populations which they list as endangered (PDF 1,075 kB) 1998 NMFS designates critical habitat for the green sea turtle (PDF 93 kB) 2007 NMFS designates critical habitat for the green sea turtle (PDF 2,169 kB) 2012 NMFS publishes a 90-day finding on petition to delist the Hawaiian green turtle population Facebook Twitter Google+ Reddit
