MMPA Incidental Take Authorization (ITA) GIS Map Data
MMPA ITA Map Data
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Dataset
Endangered Species
IHA
LOA
MMPA
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Ocean Noise
incidental take authorization
marine mammal
All marine mammals are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (MMPA). The MMPA prohibits, with certain exceptions, the "take" of marine mammals in U.S. waters and by U.S. citizens on the high seas. However, the MMPA allows, upon request, the incidental take of marine mammals by U.S. citizens who engage in a specified activity (other than commercial fishing) within a specified geographic region.
The Incidental Take Program within the Office of Protected Resources (OPR), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has produced a spatial dataset of in process and issued Incidental Take Authorizations under section 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1974 as amended. . The ITA GIS project provides a single location where the public, academia, non-governmental organizations, NOAA managers and scientists, and other federal agencies can find the latest data and metadata for proposed and issued Incidental Take Authorizations under the MMPA.
NMFS Office Of Protected Resources
Meadows, Dwayne
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/29667
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/10609
northlimit=90;
eastlimit=180;
southlimit=-90;
westlimit=-180;
name=Within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and outside the U.S. EEZ (i.e., the high seas, excluding territorial waters of any foreign nation).;
start=2008;
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