PETITION TO LIST THE AMERICAN HORSESHOE CRAB UNDER THE U.S. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AS AN ENDANGERED OR THREATENED SPECIES AND TO CONCURRENTLY DESIGNATE CRITICAL HABITAT

Authors

Will Harlan
William Snape III
Soleil Gaylord

Document Type

Feature

Publication Date

2-12-2024

Abstract

Pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1533(b); Section 553(e) of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 553(e); and 50 C.F.R. § 424.14(a), the Center for Biological Diversity (Center, Petitioner) and its partners submit to the Secretary of Commerce and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the NOAA Fisheries a petition to list the American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) as threatened or endangered and to concurrently designate critical habitat.

Recommended Citation

Harlan, Will; Snape III, William; and Gaylord, Soleil, "PETITION TO LIST THE AMERICAN HORSESHOE CRAB UNDER THE U.S. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AS AN ENDANGERED OR THREATENED SPECIES AND TO CONCURRENTLY DESIGNATE CRITICAL HABITAT" (2024). PEEL Faculty Scholarship. 35.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/peel_faculty/35