Availability of the Final Recovery Plan and Recovery Implementation Strategy for the Main Hawaiian Islands Insular False Killer Whale Distinct Population Segment

NOAA Fisheries announces the adoption of the Final Recovery Plan and associated Recovery Implementation Strategy for the Main Hawaiian Islands Insular False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens) Distinct Population Segment (MHI IFKW DPS). The Recovery Plan describes the vision of what a recovered MHI IFKW DPS looks like and the strategy or roadmap for how we plan to get to a recovered state. The Recovery Implementation Strategy is a flexible, operational document that provides specific, prioritized activities necessary to fully implement recovery actions in the plan.