NOAA-Fisheries closed the western zone of the Gulf of Mexico to commercial king mackerel fishing in the exclusive economic zone to protect the resource. 

FWS revised the regulations governing the Federal Subsistence Management Program in Alaska by adding two public members to its board.

FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list 42 Great Basin and Mojave Desert springsnails as threatened or endangered under the ESA; the agency found that listing may be warranted for 32 of the species and initiated a status review. 

FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the Franklin's bumble bee as endangered and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing may be warranted and initiated a status review. 

FWS announced a 12-month finding on five petitions to list seven species of Hawaiian yellow-faced bees as endangered and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing is warranted but precluded by higher priority actions.

FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the snowy plover as endangered or threatened and to reclassify the wintering population of piping plover as endangered under the ESA; the agency determined that action is not warranted for either species. 

FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list the Franciscan manzanita as endangered under the ESA and to designate critical habitat; the agency found that listing is warranted but that critical habitat is not determinable at this time. 

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement proposed amendments that require operators to develop and implement additional provisions in their safety and environmental management systems programs for oil, gas, and sulphur operations in the outer continental shelf. 

FWS announced the availability of additional information on its proposal to revise the listing for the Minnesota population of gray wolves under the ESA. 

FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list van Rossem's gull-billed tern as endangered or threatened and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing is not warranted.