The purpose of the recovery plan, a guidance document, is to provide a roadmap for each species’ recovery, with the goal of improving their status and managing threats to the point at which protections under the ESA are no longer needed. NOAA Fisheries has convened a multi-session virtual workshop to harness the collective expertise, creativity, and ingenuity of stakeholders and experts from across the United States and beyond to help develop an effective recovery plan for the ESA-listed Rice's whale. 

Additional information available from Kevin.Kirsch@noaa.gov, Caitlin.Wessel@noaa.gov, or Ashley.Hill@noaa.gov.