Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 6975 – List of state endangered and state threatened marine species
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The list of state endangered or state threatened marine species by common name, scientific name and status is as follows: [PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).]
1. Right whale. Right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, endangered;
[PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).]
2. Humpback whale. Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, endangered;
[PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).]
3. Finback whale. Finback whale, Balaenoptera physalus, endangered;
[PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).]
4. Sperm whale. Sperm whale, Physeter catodon, endangered;
[PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).]
5. Sei whale. Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis, endangered;
[PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).]
6. Leatherback turtle. Leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, endangered;
[PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).]
7. Atlantic ridley turtle. Atlantic ridley turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, endangered;
[PL 2007, c. 6, §1 (AMD).]
8. Loggerhead turtle. Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, threatened; and
[PL 2007, c. 6, §2 (AMD).]
9. Shortnose sturgeon. Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum, endangered.
[PL 2007, c. 6, §3 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 6, §§1-3 (AMD).