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Status Review of Xantus's Murrelet

Report to the California Fish and Game Commission

November 2003

On April 16, 2002, the Fish and Game Commission (Commission) received a petition to list the Xantus's Murelet as a threatened species under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). The Commission referred the petition to the Department of Fish and Wildlife (Department) for evaluation on April 25, 2002. Based on its review, the Department determined the petition included sufficient information to indicate the petitioned action may be warranted, and recommended that the Commission accept the petition and designate the Xantus's Murrelet as a candidate species pursuant to CESA. The Commission accepted the petition based on the Department's recommendationn on October 23, 2002, and provided notice of its findings in the California Regulatory Notice Register designating the Xantus's Murrelet as a candidate species on November 15, 2002.

Following the Commission's action designating the Xantus's Murrelet as a candidate species, the Department solicited information and undertook a status review of the species using the best scientific information available. This report contains the results of the Department's status review, including input from four peer reviewers with expertise on the Xantus's Murrelet, or closely related species. Also incuded are the Department's recommendations to the Commission regarding a preliminary identification of habitat that may be essential to the continued existence of the species, as well as management activities and other recommendations for the recovery of the species.

Please note that some of the following files are over 1MB in size For users who cannot download these files and need a copy of this document, they may contact the Department by email at Esther.Burkett@wildlife.ca.gov or by telephone at (916) 445-3764 to request a hardcopy or a copy on CD. Requestors will need to supply their name, affiliation, and a mailing address. Processing such a request should take about 2 weeks.

Report Body

• Cover and Table of Contents
• Executive Summary
• Document Body (pages 1 to 22)
• Document Body (pages 22 to 41)
• Document Body (pages 41 to 51)
• Literature Cited
• Tables 1 & 2

Figures

• Figures 1 & 2
• Figure 3
• Figure 4
• Figure 5
• Figure 6
• Figures 7, 8 & 9
• Figure 10a
• Figure 10b
• Figure 11
• Figure 12
• Figure 13
• Figure 14
• Figure 15
• Figure 16
• Figure 17
• Figure 18
• Figure 19
• Figure 20
• Figure 21
• Figure 22
• Figure 23
• Figure 24

Appendices

• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendices C & D
• Appendix E
• Appendices F, G & H