Draft Recovery Plan for Black Abalone (Haliotis cracherodii) (ID415)

This draft recovery plan for black abalone summarizes the best available information on the natural history, status, and threats to black abalone. The document also describes a recovery strategy to address the threats and includes recovery goals and criteria. Once finalized, the plan will be used to direct U.S. activities and to encourage international cooperation to promote the recovery of this endangered species.


ID: 415 Info. Type: ISI
Estimated Dissemination Date of Peer Review Report: 6/30/2020 (Start date of peer review 2/6/2020)
Actual Dissemination Date of Peer review report: 11/30/2020
Estimated Dissemination Date Final Work Product: 1/30/2021
Contact Person: Tracy Miller Get contact information
Review Type: Individual letters
Expected Number of Peer Reviewers: 3 or fewer

Peer Reviewers will be selected by: The agency

Will the public, including scientific or professional societies, be asked to nominate potential peer reviewers? No.

Will there be opportunities for the public to comment on the work product to be peer reviewed? Yes. The availability of the draft recovery plan for public review and comment was announced in the Federal Register on January 30, 2020 (85 FR 5396). Peer review will be concurrent with public review.

Will the agency provide significant and relevant public comments to the peer reviewers before they conduct their review? No.

Primary disciplines or expertise needed in the review: Abalone biology and ecology, conservation species recovery

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