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90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Saltmarsh Topminnow as Threatened or Endangered


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Posted 10 August 2011 - 06:04 PM

The saltmarsh topminnow has received an initially favorable finding on a petition to be listed under the Endangered Species Act. The current finding can be found at this Federal Register link. Below is the brief Summary.

We (NMFS and USFWS; also collectively referred to as the Services) announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list the saltmarsh topminnow (topminnow; Fundulus jenkinsi) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). We find that the petition presents substantial scientific information indicating that the petitioned action may be warranted. We will conduct a status review of the species to determine if the petitioned action is warranted. To ensure that the status review is comprehensive, we are soliciting scientific and commercial data on the species (see below).

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Posted 10 August 2011 - 09:41 PM

The saltmarsh topminnow has received an initially favorable finding on a petition to be listed under the Endangered Species Act. The current finding can be found at this Federal Register link. Below is the brief Summary.

We (NMFS and USFWS; also collectively referred to as the Services) announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list the saltmarsh topminnow (topminnow; Fundulus jenkinsi) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). We find that the petition presents substantial scientific information indicating that the petitioned action may be warranted. We will conduct a status review of the species to determine if the petitioned action is warranted. To ensure that the status review is comprehensive, we are soliciting scientific and commercial data on the species (see below).

Interesting.

Never seen one.

Always wondered if the difficulty of sampling saltmarshes without a boat, and the tweener status of brackish water fish, not beloved by either f/w specialists or s/w specialists, contributed to a underestimate of the population of this particular species.

(And then I come back to the fact that I live in the range, and I've never seen one.)

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Posted 10 August 2011 - 10:02 PM

You're right about all of that, and it's the same with F. luciae on the Atlantic coast. I think I could find at least some at Dauphin Island, AL, in a bayside marsh. But the species is certainly poorly understood.



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