Florida Manatee - Marine Mammal Commission
Given the extreme number of manatee mortalities along the Atlantic coast since December 2020 and the declaration of the UME, there was growing support among Florida legislators for uplisting the species to endangered once again.
Listing Status of West Indian Manatees - Marine Mammal …
Apr 5, 2017 · The 2006 review concluded that both Florida manatees and Antillean manatees (the other subspecies of West Indian Manatee) were stable or increasing throughout most of their ranges. FWS staff therefore recommended that the species as a whole, including Florida manatees, be down-listed from endangered to threatened.
Manatees and Warm-Water Refuges - Marine Mammal Commission
Sep 21, 2011 · To change the status of Florida manatees under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) must assess the severity of existing and foreseeable threats to their survival. Virtually all Florida manatees, including those in southernmost Florida, require small localized warm-water refuges to survive the coldest winter ...
As FWS recognized in its Federal Register notice, Florida and Antillean manatees constitute genetically and morphologically distinct subspecies of West Indian manatees with almost no movement of individuals between their ranges (Domning and Hayek 1986).
Major habitat protection concerns for the four subpopulations of Florida manatees.....10 Table 3. Criteria for downlisting and delisting Florida manatees under the Endangered Species Act of
exceptionally high levels of documented Florida manatee mortality since the last five-year status review in 2006, and particularly since 2009, could mark a significant setback for the species’ recovery. Based on FWC manatee carcass salvage records between 2009 and 2013, at least 2,905 deaths have occurred (average = 580 deaths per year).
the Florida manatee population from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The Commission recognizes that the subspecies has made significant progress toward recovery in the past three decades and that consideration of such a change may be warranted.
The Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris), a subspecies of the West Indian manatee found only in the southeastern United States (Domning & Hayek, 1986; Lefebvre et al., 2001), is listed as endangered under both the U.S. Endangered Species Act and Florida state law (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2001). Its current abundance is prob
from an environmental group seeking actions to minimize harassment of Florida manatees by swimmers and divers, revise designated critical habitat, and designate Three Sisters Spring in Crystal River as a manatee sanctuary.
for Florida manatee survival during winter, and FWS obligations to promote recovery of Florida manatees under both the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Commission recommended that FWS adopt Alternative B restricting public visitors to