Spectacled Eider
(Somateria fischeri)
Policy Actions
1991
- 90-day finding by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) finds that a petition to list the spectacled eider as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has merit and begins a status review
1992
1993
- USFWS lists the spectacled eider as threatened throughout its range in Russia and Alaska under the ESA (PDF 2,643 kB)
1996
- USFWS publishes Recovery Plan for the spectacled eider