# 2025-00467: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Status for the Florida Manatee and Endangered Status for the Antillean Manatee

2025-00467, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Status for the Florida Manatee and Endangered Status for the Antillean Manatee, is a Federal Register proposed rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-14, effective We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before March 17, 2025. Public informational meeting and public hearing: February 26, 2025. Requests for an additional public hearing must be received by February 28, 2025. (as of 2026-06-11).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00467
- Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Status for the Florida Manatee and Endangered Status for the Antillean Manatee
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-14
- Effective: We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before March 17, 2025. Public informational meeting and public hearing: February 26, 2025. Requests for an additional public hearing must be received by February 28, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## Summary

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to update protections for manatees by listing the Florida manatee as threatened and the Antillean manatee as endangered. This change replaces the old West Indian manatee listing and means stronger rules to keep these gentle giants safe. You can share your thoughts by March 17, 2025, and join a public meeting on February 26, 2025.

## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the two subspecies of the West Indian manatee, the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) and the Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus), under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We have conducted status reviews for the two subspecies, and, as a result, we are proposing to list the Florida manatee as a threatened species with protective regulations under section 4(d) of the Act ("4(d) rule"), and the Antillean manatee as an endangered species, under the Act. These two listings would replace the current threatened species listing of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus). This determination also serves as our 12-month findings on two petitions and as our completed 5-year review of the West Indian manatee. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would remove the West Indian manatee from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife (List), add the Florida manatee and Antillean manatee to the List, and extend the Act's protections to the Florida manatee and Antillean manatee.

## Effects PRIA read

- Florida manatee threatened; Antillean endangered: mixed, medium. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to list the Florida manatee as a threatened species and the Antillean manatee as an endangered species, replacing the current West Indian manatee listing. The proposal would extend the Endangered Species Act's protections to both subspecies and would list…
- Critical habitat revision/designation proposed: mixed, medium. The Service notes it recently proposed to revise and/or designate critical habitat for the Florida manatee and Antillean manatee in a separate Federal Register publication (89 FR 78134). If finalized, designation or revision of critical habitat would accompany the listing action and apply the Endan…

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## Sources
- [2025-00467 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2025-00467/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-threatened-status-for-the-florida-manatee-and)
- [2025-00467 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2025-00467.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00467 (as of 2026-06-11).