EPA's Vessel General Permit and Small Vessel General

Status a Species (Scientific Name)
Biscayne Bay
Galveston Bay
Puget Sound
San Francisco
Bay Estuary
Upper and
Lower New
York Bay
T Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) x x x x
E,T Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) x x x x x
E Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys
coriacea)
x x x x x
E Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys
imbricata)
x x x
E North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena
glacialis)
x x
E,T Steller Sea-Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) x x
E White Abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) x
T Johnson's Seagrass (Halophila johnsonii) x
E Kemps’s Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys
kempii)
x x
T Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, (Lepidochelys
olivacea)
x
E Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) x x x x
E,T Steelhead (Central and South Central CA)
(Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) mykiss)
x
T Chum Salmon (Hood Canal summer-run)
(Oncorhynchus keta)
x
E,T Steelhead Salmon (Puget Sound)
(Oncorhynchus mykiss)
x
E,T Chinook Salmon (Puget Sound)
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
x
E Killer Whale (Southern Resident DPS)
(Orcinus orca)
x
E Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata) x x
a T =Threatened, E = Endangered
The remaining NMFS listed species are not located in the specific RAAs examined by EPA, but
are likely to be exposed to vessel discharges by virtue of their being marine dwelling organisms.
Additional listed marine mammals likely exposed to vessel discharges include the Cook Inlet
Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas). Black Abalone (Haliotis cracherodii) is also likely to be
exposed. In addition to the species identified in Table 28, 8 additional listed species may be
adversely affected by the VGPs due to exposures to discharges in both the marine environment
and portions of their freshwater habitat. These species include: Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser
oxyrinchus oxyrinchus), Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Sockeye Salmon
(Oncorhynchus nerka), Largetooth Sawfish (Pristis perotteti), Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar),
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