---
kind: "unit"
title: "50"
title_heading: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
key: "chII/subchC/part226"
level: "part"
label: "Part 226"
heading: "Designated Critical Habitat"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/chII-subchC-part226"
sections_count: 33
---

# Part 226 — Designated Critical Habitat

Title 50 C.F.R. — Wildlife and Fisheries › Chapter II — National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce › Subchapter C — Marine Mammals

## Sections

- [§226.101. Purpose and scope.](/cfr/50/226.101.md)
- [§226.201. Critical habitat for the Hawaiian monk seal ( Neomonachus schauinslandi ).](/cfr/50/226.201.md)
- [§226.202. Critical habitat for Steller sea lions.](/cfr/50/226.202.md)
- [§226.203. Critical habitat for North Atlantic right whales ( Eubalaena glacialis ).](/cfr/50/226.203.md)
- [§226.204. Critical habitat for Sacramento winter-run chinook salmon.](/cfr/50/226.204.md)
- [§226.205. Critical habitat for Snake River sockeye salmon, Snake River fall chinook salmon, and Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon.](/cfr/50/226.205.md)
- [§226.206. Critical habitat for the Southern Resident killer whale ( Orcinus orca ).](/cfr/50/226.206.md)
- [§226.207. Critical habitat for leatherback turtles ( Dermochelys coriacea ).](/cfr/50/226.207.md)
- [§226.208. Critical habitat for green turtle.](/cfr/50/226.208.md)
- [§226.209. Critical habitat for hawksbill turtle.](/cfr/50/226.209.md)
- [§226.210. Central California Coast Coho Salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch ), Southern Oregon/Northern California Coasts Coho Salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch ).](/cfr/50/226.210.md)
- [§226.211. Critical habitat for Seven Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) of Salmon ( Oncorhynchus spp. ) in California.](/cfr/50/226.211.md)
- [§226.212. Critical habitat for 15 Distinct Population Segments (DPSs) of salmon and steelhead ( Oncorhynchus spp.) in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.](/cfr/50/226.212.md)
- [§226.213. Reserved](/cfr/50/226.213.md)
- [§226.214. Critical habitat for Gulf sturgeon.](/cfr/50/226.214.md)
- [§226.215. Critical habitat for the North Pacific Right Whale ( Eubalaena japonica ).](/cfr/50/226.215.md)
- [§226.216. Critical habitat for elkhorn ( Acropora palmata ) and staghorn ( A. cervicornis ) corals.](/cfr/50/226.216.md)
- [§226.217. Critical habitat for the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar ).](/cfr/50/226.217.md)
- [§226.218. Critical habitat for the U.S. DPS of smalltooth sawfish ( Pristis pectinata ).](/cfr/50/226.218.md)
- [§226.219. Critical habitat for the Southern Distinct Population Segment of North American Green Sturgeon ( Acipenser medirostris ).](/cfr/50/226.219.md)
- [§226.220. Critical habitat for the Cook Inlet beluga whale ( Delphinapterus leucas ).](/cfr/50/226.220.md)
- [§226.221. Critical habitat for black abalone ( Haliotis cracherodii ).](/cfr/50/226.221.md)
- [§226.222. Critical habitat for the southern Distinct Population Segment of eulachon ( Thaleichthys pacificus ).](/cfr/50/226.222.md)
- [§226.223. Critical habitat for the Northwest Atlantic Ocean Distinct Population Segment of the loggerhead sea turtle ( Caretta caretta ).](/cfr/50/226.223.md)
- [§226.224. Critical habitat for the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin DPS of yelloweye rockfish ( Sebastes ruberrimus ), and Bocaccio ( S. paucispinus ).](/cfr/50/226.224.md)
- [§226.225. Critical habitat for the Gulf of Maine, New York Bight, Chesapeake Bay, Carolina, and South Atlantic distinct population segments (DPSs) of Atlantic Sturgeon.](/cfr/50/226.225.md)
- [§226.226. Critical habitat for the main Hawaiian Islands insular false killer whale ( Pseudorca crassidens ) Distinct Population Segment.](/cfr/50/226.226.md)
- [§226.227. Critical habitat for the Central America, Mexico, and Western North Pacific distinct population segments (DPSs) of humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ).](/cfr/50/226.227.md)
- [§226.228. Critical Habitat for the Arctic Subspecies ( Pusa hispida hispida ) of the Ringed Seal.](/cfr/50/226.228.md)
- [§226.229. Critical Habitat for the Beringia Distinct Population Segment of the Bearded Seal Subspecies Erignathus barbatus nauticus.](/cfr/50/226.229.md)
- [§226.230. Critical habitat for the Caribbean Boulder Star Coral (Orbicella franksi), Lobed Star Coral (O. annularis), Mountainous Star Coral (O. faveolata), Pillar Coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus), and Rough Cactus Coral (Mycetophyllia ferox).](/cfr/50/226.230.md)
- [§226.231. Critical habitat for the Nassau grouper.](/cfr/50/226.231.md)
- [§226.232. Critical habitat for Acropora globiceps, Acropora retusa, Acropora speciosa, Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa, and Isopora crateriformis.](/cfr/50/226.232.md)