{"abstract":"We, NMFS, completed a status review of right whales in the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in December 2006 and are listing the currently endangered northern right whale (Eubalaena spp.) as two separate, endangered species, North Pacific right whale (E. japonica) and North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis).","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2008/03/06/E8-4376.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":224,"title":50}],"citation":"73 FR 12024","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This rule is effective on April 7, 2008.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 080225302-8314-01"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"E8-4376","effective_on":"2008-04-07","end_page":12030,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2008/03/06/E8-4376.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/03/06/E8-4376/endangered-and-threatened-species-endangered-status-for-north-pacific-and-north-atlantic-right","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/E8-4376?publication_date=2008-03-06","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2008-03-06/E8-4376/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":7,"page_views":{"count":906,"last_updated":"2026-06-28 06:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-03-06/pdf/E8-4376.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2008-03-06","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2008/03/06/E8-4376.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-XF85":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-XF85"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-13T21:33:04Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":12024,"subtype":null,"title":"Endangered and Threatened Species; Endangered Status for North Pacific and North Atlantic Right Whales","toc_doc":"North Pacific and North Atlantic Right Whales","toc_subject":"Endangered and Threatened Species:","topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Endangered and threatened species","Exports","Imports","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Transportation"],"type":"Rule","volume":73}