Under the endangered species act who looks after marine wildlife

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is one of the few dozens of US environmental laws passed in the 1970s, and serves as the enacting legislation to carry out the provisions outlined in The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).[1] Designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation", the ESA was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973. The U.S. Supreme Court found that "the plain intent of Congress in enacting" the ESA "was to halt and reverse the trend toward species extinction, whatever the cost."[2] The Act is administered by two federal agencies, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Commerce Department's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

Endangered Species Act of 1973Other short titlesEndangered Species Act of 1973Long titleAn Act to provide for the conservation of endangered and threatened species of fish, wildlife, and plants, and for other purposes.Acronyms (colloquial)ESANicknamesEndangered Species Conservation ActEnacted bythe 93rd United States CongressEffectiveDecember 27, 1973CitationsPublic law93–205Statutes at Large87 Stat. 884CodificationTitles amended16 U.S.C.: ConservationU.S.C. sections created16 U.S.C. ch. 35 § 1531 et seq.Legislative history

Introduced in the Senate as S. 1983 byHarrison A. Williams (D–NJ) on June 12, 1973Committee consideration by Senate Commerce CommitteePassed the Senate on July 24, 1973 (92–0)Passed the House on September 18, 1973 (390-12, in lieu of H.R. 37)Reported by the joint conference committee on December 19, 1973; agreed to by the Senate on December 19, 1973 (agreed) and by the House on December 20, 1973 (355–4)Signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973