The list of state endangered or state threatened marine species by common name, scientific name and status is as follows: [PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).] 1. Right whale. Right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, endangered; [PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).] 2. Humpback whale. Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, endangered; [PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).] 3. Finback whale. Finback whale, Balaenoptera physalus, endangered; [PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).] 4. Sperm whale. Sperm whale, Physeter catodon, endangered; [PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).] 5. Sei whale. Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis, endangered; [PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).] 6. Leatherback turtle. Leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, endangered; [PL 2003, c. 573, §1 (NEW).] 7. Atlantic ridley turtle. Atlantic ridley turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, endangered; [PL 2007, c. 6, §1 (AMD).] 8. Loggerhead turtle. Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, threatened; and [PL 2007, c. 6, §2 (AMD).] 9. Shortnose sturgeon. Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum, endangered. [PL 2007, c. 6, §3 (NEW).]
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