Appendix 3 Table 3-21 Marine Species
Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
Table 3-21 MARINE SPECIES
2025 WAP Revision
Distinct Population Unit
2025
Common Name
Scientific Name
Order
Family
Critical Habitat Designation
FISH
None.
X
Shortnose Sturgeon
Acipenser brevirostrum
Acipenseriformes Acipenseridae
E
E
VH V
I
X
X
Includes NC rivers: Roanoke, Tar-Pamlico, Neuse, Cape Fear, Northeast Cape Fear, Waccamaw, Pee Dee Florida southwestern coastal waters between Charlotte Harbor and Florida Bay
Carolina DPS
X
Atlantic Sturgeon
Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
Acipenseriformes Acipenseridae
E
E
H
V
II
X
X
Atlantic Ocean
X
Smalltooth Sawfish
Pristis pectinata
Pristiformes
Pristidae
E
VH CE
I
X
MAMMALS
None
Sei Whale Blue Whale Fin Whale
Balaenoptera borealis Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera physalus
Cetacea Cetacea Cetacea
Balaenopteridae Balaenopteridae Balaenopteridae
E E E
E
I I I
X X X
X X X
None
X X
E E
M E M V
None
Includes marine open water habitat off the Southeast U.S. coast (Unit 2).
X
North Atlantic Right Whale
Eubalaena glacialis
Cetacea
Balaenidae
E
E
VH CE
I
X
X
None
X X
Sperm Whale
Physeter catodon [microcephalus]
Cetacea Sirenia
Physeteridae Trichechidae
E T
E T
V V
I I
X
X
Coastal Florida inshore and near shore waters
West Indian Manatee
Trichechus manatus
REPTILES
Includes nearshore reproductive habitat, winter area, breeding areas, constricted migratory corridors, and/or Sargassum habitat. Marine critical habitat in nearshore waters (from the mean high water line to 20 meters depth) off the US Atlantic coast, including NC
South Atlantic Ocean DPS
X
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Caretta caretta
Testudines
Cheloniidae
T
T
H
V
I
X
X
N. Atlantic DPS S. Atlantic DPS
X
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Testudines
Cheloniidae
T
T
H
E
I
X
X
X X X X
Leatherback Sea Turtle Hawksbill Sea Turtle Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Diamondback Terrapin
Dermochelys coriacea
Testudines Testudines Testudines Testudines
Dermochelyidae
E E E
E E E
VH V VH CE VH CE
I I I
X
X X X
US Virgin Island coastal waters Puerto Rico coastal waters
Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata
Cheloniidae Cheloniidae
None None
Lepidochelys kempii Malaclemys terrapin
X
Emydidae
At-Risk
H
V
II
OTHER MARINE/PELAGIC SPECIES
E T T
VH CE VH CE
Scalloped Hammerhead Oceanic Whitetip Shark
Carcharhiniformes Sphyrnidae Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae
Sphyrna lewini
II II ii
Carcharhinus longimanus
Giant Mantaray
Mobula birostris
Rajiformes
Mobulidae
H
E
Federal ESA Protection Status - E = Endangered - T = Threatened - At-Risk (under review)
*North Carolina Protection Status - E = Endangered - T = Threatened - SC = Special Concern - Blank indicates no NC lsting
SEAFWA Regional SGCN - VH = Very High - H = High - M = Moderate
IUCN Red List Category - CE = Critically Endangered - E = Endangered - T = Threatened - NT = Near Threatened - V = Vulnerable
CITES Appendix I includes species threatened with extinction and provides the greatest level of protection, including a prohibition on commercial trade.
Appendix II includes species that are not currently threatened with extinction, but may become so without trade controls. Regulated trade is allowed if the exporting country issues a permit based on findings that the specimens were legally acquired and the trade will not be detrimental to the survival of the species or its role in the ecosystem.
Appendix III includes species for which a country has asked other CITES Parties to help control international trade. Trade in Appendix III species is regulated using CITES export permits (issued by the country that listed the species in Appendix III) and certificates of origin (issued by all other countries). NOAA Fisheries, Threatened and Endangered Species List for North Carolina https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/consultations/threatened-and-endangered-species-list-north-carolina
USFWS, Listed U.S. Species by Taxonomic Group - All Animals https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/report/species
2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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