This page lists Incidental Take Authorizations for energy activities other than oil and gas (including renewable energy activities and LNG). Applications are typically posted once public review is initiated.
An Interactive Map can be viewed that shows recent and in process authorizations.
The following Authorizations are in process:
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| In Process | Closed | -- | -- |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries received a request from Orsted Wind Power North America LLC for the renewal of their 2022 incidental harassment authorization to take marine mammals incidental to marine site characterization surveys, using high-resolution geophysical equipment, in coastal waters from New York to Massachusetts, including the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf Lease Areas OCS-A 0486, 0487, 0500 and along potential export cable routes. The activities are identical to those covered under the initial IHA, which expires on October 5, 2023. If issued, the renewal IHA would be effective from the date of issuance.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| In Process | 10/9/2023 | -- | -- |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has received a request from TC Energy Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to the East Lateral XPRESS Project in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. NOAA Fisheries is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an incidental harassment authorization to incidentally take marine mammals during the specified activities. NOAA Fisheries is also requesting comments on a possible one-time, 1 year renewal that could be issued under certain circumstances and if all requirements are met, as described in Request for Public Comments at the end of this notice. NOAA Fisheries will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the issuance of the requested MMPA authorization and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| In Process | Closed | -- | -- |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has received a request from Park City Wind, LLC for Incidental Take Regulations and an associated Letter of Authorization. The requested regulations would govern the authorization of take, by Level A harassment and/or Level B harassment, of small numbers of marine mammals over the course of 5 years (2025-2030) incidental to construction of the New England Wind Project. Park City Wind proposes to develop the New England Wind Project in two phases, known as Park City Wind (Phase 1) and Commonwealth Wind (Phase 2). Project activities that may result in incidental take include pile driving (impact and vibratory), drilling, unexploded ordnance or munitions and explosives of concern detonation, and vessel-based site assessment surveys using high-resolution geophysical equipment. If adopted, the proposed regulations would be effective March 27, 2025, through March 26, 2030.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| In Process | Closed | -- | -- |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has received a request from the Virginia Electric and Power Company, doing business as Dominion Energy Virginia, for Incidental Take Regulations and an associated Letter of Authorization. The requested regulations would govern the authorization of take, by Level A harassment and Level B harassment, of small numbers of marine mammals over the course of 5 years (2024-2029) incidental to construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial project offshore of Virginia within the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf Lease Area OCS-A 0483 and associated Export Cable Routes. Project activities likely to result in incidental take include pile driving activities (impact and vibratory) and site assessment surveys using high-resolution geophysical equipment. The proposed regulations, if promulgated, would be effective February 5, 2024, through February 4, 2029.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| In Process | Closed | -- | -- |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has received a request from US Wind, Inc. for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals incidental to the development of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project (Project) in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Commercial Lease on the Outer Continental Shelf OCS-A 0490 off of Maryland over the course of 5 years beginning on January 1, 2025. NOAA Fisheries is announcing receipt of US Wind’s request for regulations governing the incidental taking of marine mammals.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| In Process | Closed | -- | -- |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has received a request from Sunrise Wind, LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between Ørsted North America, Inc. and Eversource Investment, LLC, for Incidental Take Regulations and an associated Letter of Authorization. The requested regulations would govern the authorization of take, by Level A harassment and/or Level B harassment, of small numbers of marine mammals over the course of 5 years (2023-2028) incidental to construction of the Sunrise Wind Offshore Wind Farm Project offshore of New York in a designated lease area on the Outer Continental Shelf. Project activities likely to result in incidental take include pile driving, potential unexploded ordnance or munitions and explosives of concern detonation, and vessel-based site assessment surveys using high-resolution geophysical equipment. The proposed regulations, if adopted, would be effective November 20, 2023 - November 19, 2028.
| Status | Public Comment | Date Issued | Effective Dates |
| In Process | Closed | -- | -- |
Summary: On December 23, 2022, NOAA Fisheries published a proposed rule, with a 30-day public comment period ending January 23, 2023, in response to Revolution Wind, LLC’s request for regulations and an associated Letter of Authorization. The proposed regulations would allow for the taking of marine mammals, by Level A harassment and Level B harassment, incidental to the Revolution Wind Offshore Wind Farm Project offshore of Rhode Island.
| Status | Public Comment | Date Issued | Effective Dates |
| In Process | Closed | -- | -- |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has received a request from TerraSond Limited for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to marine site characterization surveys in federal waters offshore of North Carolina and South Carolina in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf Areas OCS-A 0545 and OCS-A 0546.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| In Process | Closed | -- | -- |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has received a petition from Mayflower Wind, LLC* (Mayflower Wind), a 50/50 joint venture between Shell New Energies US, LLC (Shell New Energies) and OW North America, LLC (Ocean Winds), requesting authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals incidental to the Mayflower Wind Offshore Wind Project in a designated lease area on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)-A-0521 offshore Massachusetts, over the course of 5 years beginning in 2025. NOAA Fisheries is announcing receipt of Mayflower Wind’s request for the development and implementation of regulations governing the incidental taking of marine mammals and issuance of a Letter of Authorization.
*Since publication of the Notice of Receipt of Application, Mayflower Wind, LLC has changed its name to SouthCoast Wind, LLC.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| In Process | 10/23/2023 | -- | -- |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has received a request from Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind LLC, a joint venture between EDF-RE Offshore Development LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of EDF Renewables, Inc.) and Shell New Energies US LLC, for Incidental Take Regulations and associated Letters of Authorization. The requested regulations would govern the authorization of take, by Level A harassment and Level B harassment, of small numbers of marine mammals over the course of 5 years (2025 - 2029) incidental to the construction of Atlantic Shores South located offshore of New Jersey within the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf Lease Area OCS-A 0499 and associated ECCs. Atlantic Shores South would be divided into two projects: Project 1 and Project 2 (the combined hereafter referred to as the “Project Area”) and Atlantic Shores has requested a 5-year LOA for each Project, both issued under these proposed regulations. Atlantic Shores’ activities likely to result in incidental take include impact and vibratory pile driving and site assessment surveys using high-resolution geophysical equipment within the Lease Area and Export Cable Corridor. NOAA Fisheries requests comments on its proposed rule. NOAA Fisheries will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the promulgation of the requested ITR and issuance of the LOA; agency responses to public comments will be summarized in the final rule documenting our decision.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| In Process | Closed | -- | -- |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has received a request from Empire Offshore Wind, LLC (Empire Wind), a 50/50 joint venture between Equinor and BP p.l.c., for Incidental Take Regulations and an associated Letter of Authorization. The requested regulations would govern the authorization of take, by Level A harassment and/or Level B harassment, of small numbers of marine mammals over the course of 5 years (2024-2029) incidental to construction of the Empire Wind Project offshore New York in a designated lease area on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS-A-512). Project activities likely to result in incidental take include impact pile driving, vibratory pile driving and removal, and site assessment surveys using high-resolution geophysical (HRG) equipment. The proposed regulations, if issued, would be effective January 22, 2024 through January 21, 2029.
The following Authorizations are active:
| Status | Public Comment | Date Issued | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 9/13/2023 | 10/13/2023 - 10/12/2028 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries promulgates regulations to govern the incidental taking of marine mammals incidental to Ocean Wind, LLC, a subsidiary wholly owned by Orsted Wind Power North America, LLC, construction of the Ocean Wind 1 Offshore Wind Energy Project in Federal and State waters off of New Jersey, specifically within the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf Lease Area OCS-A 0498 and along two export cable routes to sea-to-shore transition points, over the course of 5 years (October 13, 2023 through October 12, 2028). These regulations, which allow for the issuance of a Letter of Authorization for the incidental take of marine mammals during construction-related activities within the Project Area during the effective dates of the regulations, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species or stocks and their habitat, as well as requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 8/8/2023 | 8/10/2023 - 8/9/2024 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization to Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Bight, LLC to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during marine site characterization survey activities offshore of New Jersey and New York.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 7/27/2023 | 7/27/2023 - 7/26/2024 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization to Vineyard Northeast, LLC to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys offshore from Massachusetts to New Jersey.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 7/21/2023 | 7/21/23 - 7/20/23 |
Summary: NMFS has issued an incidental harassment authorization to Ocean Wind II, LLC to incidentally harass marine mammals during marine characterization surveys off New Jersey.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 7/19/2023 | 7/31/2023 - 7/30/2024 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization to Invenergy Wind Offshore, LLC to incidentally harass marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys in waters off of New Jersey and New York in the New York Bight.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 6/26/2023 | 7/1/2023 - 6/30/2024 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to Community Offshore Wind, LLC to incidentally harass marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys in coastal waters off of New Jersey and New York in the New York Bight.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 6/20/2023 | 6/20/2023 - 6/19/2024 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to Attentive Energy LLC to incidentally harass marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys off of New York and New Jersey in the New York Bight.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 6/7/2023 | 6/9/2023 - 6/8/2024 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization to Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC to incidentally harass marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys off New Jersey and New York.
| Status | Public Comment | Date Issued | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 5/15/2023 | 4/1/2024 - 3/31/2025 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to TerraSond Limited to incidentally harass marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys in the New York Bight (off of New York and New Jersey) and in the Central Atlantic (from Delaware to North Carolina).
| Status | Public Comment | Date Issued | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 5/11/2023 | 5/12/2023 - 5/11/2024 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization to SouthCoast Wind Energy, LLC (formerly known as Mayflower Wind Energy, LLC) to incidentally harass marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys off Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
| Status | Public Comment | Date Issued | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 5/4/2023 | 5/10/2023 - 5/9/2024 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has received a request from Orsted Wind Power North America, LLC, and its designees, Garden State Offshore Energy, LLC and Skipjack Offshore Energy, LLC, for the re-issuance of a previously issued incidental harassment authorization (IHA; 87 FR 30182, May 10, 2022) with the only change being effective dates. The initial IHA authorized take of 16 species of marine mammals, by Level B harassment only, incidental to marine site characterization surveys off the coast of Delaware and along potential export cable routes to landfall locations in Delaware and New Jersey. The project has been delayed and none of the work covered in the initial IHA has been conducted. The initial IHA was effective from May 10, 2022, through May 9, 2023. Orsted has requested re-issuance with new effective dates of May 10, 2023, through May 9, 2024. The scope of the activities and anticipated effects remain the same, authorized take numbers are not changed, and the required mitigation, monitoring, and reporting remains the same as included in the initial IHA. NOAA Fisheries is, therefore, issuing a second identical IHA to cover the incidental take analyzed and authorized in the initial IHA.
| Status | Public Comment | Date Issued | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 2/28/2023 | 3/1/2023 - 2/29/2024 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to Bluepoint Wind, LLC to incidentally harass marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys in coastal waters off of New York and New Jersey in the New York Bight, specifically within the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf Area OCS-A 0537 and associated export cable route area.
| Status | Public Comment | Issued Date | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 10/6/2022 | 10/6/2022 - 10/5/2023 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization to Orsted Wind Power North America LLC to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys offshore from Rhode Island to Massachusetts, including the areas of Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf Lease Areas OCS-A 0486, 0487, 0500, and along potential export cable routes to landfall locations between Raritan Bay and Falmouth, MA.
| Status | Public Comment | Date Issued | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 12/21/2021 | 11/15/2022 - 11/14/2023 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to South Fork Wind, LLC to take, by Level A harassment and Level B harassment, marine mammals during construction of a commercial wind energy project offshore New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.
| Status | Public Comment | Date Issued | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 5/21/2021 | 5/1/2023 - 4/30/2024 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to Vineyard Wind 1, LLC to take marine mammals incidental to construction of a commercial wind energy project offshore Massachusetts.
| Status | Public Comment | Date Issued | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 2/16/2021 | 7/1/2023 - 6/30/2024 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation to incidentally harass, by Level A and Level B harassment, marine mammals during a particular activity (West Dock facility construction) associated with construction of the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas Project in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
| Status | Public Comment | Date Issued | Effective Dates |
| Active | Closed | 8/17/2020 | 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2025 |
Summary: NOAA Fisheries has issued regulations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act for the taking of marine mammals incidental to the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas project in Cook Inlet, Alaska, over the course of five years (2021-2025). These regulations allow NOAA Fisheries to issue a Letter of Authorization for the incidental take of marine mammals during the specified construction activities carried out during the rule’s period of effectiveness, set forth the permissible methods of taking, set forth other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species or stocks and their habitat, and set forth requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of the incidental take.
For documents related to withdrawn applications for Authorization and inactive Authorizations, please contact us.
| Applicant | Activity | Authorization Type | Effective Dates |
| ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC | Geophysical and Geotechnical Program in Cook Inlet, AK | IHA | -- |
For information and documents related to expired Authorizations, please contact us.
| Applicant | Activity | Authorization Type | Effective Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attentive Energy, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New Jersey and New York | IHA | 9/15/2022 - 9/14/2023 |
| Park City Wind, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys for the New England Wind Project, Phase 1, off of Massachusetts to New York | IHA | 9/1/2022 - 8/31/2023 |
| Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Bight, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New Jersey and New York | IHA | 8/10/2022 - 8/9/2023 |
| Kitty Hawk Wind | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of North Carolina and Virginia | IHA | 8/1/2022 - 7/31/2023 |
| Vineyard Wind 1 LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys from Massachusetts to New Jersey | IHA | 7/27/2022 - 7/26/2023 |
| NextEra Energy Transmission Mid-Atlantic Holdings, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New Jersey | IHA | 7/1/2022 - 6/30/2023 |
| Dominion Energy | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Virginia | IHA | 5/27/2022 - 5/26/2023 |
| Ocean Wind, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New Jersey | IHA | 5/10/2022 - 5/9/2023 |
| Orsted Wind Power North America, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Delaware | IHA | 5/10/2022 - 5/9/2023 |
| Ocean Wind II, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New Jersey | IHA | 5/10/2022 - 5/9/2023 |
| Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New Jersey and New York | IHA | 4/20/2022 - 4/19/2023 |
| Ørsted Wind Power North America, LLC | Renewal of Site Characterization Survey off of New York to Massachusetts | IHA | 3/3/2022 - 9/24/2022 |
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Vineyard Wind 1 |
Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Massachusetts and Rhode Island | IHA | 7/21/2021 - 7/20/2022 |
| Mayflower Wind Energy LLC | Modification to Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Massachusetts | IHA | 7/1/2021 - 6/30/2022 |
| Vineyard Wind, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York | IHA | 7/15/2021 - 6/20/2022 |
| Garden State Offshore Energy, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Delaware and New Jersey | IHA | 6/11/2021 - 6/10/2022 |
| Ocean Wind, LLC | IHA | 5/10/2021 - 5/9/2022 | |
| Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC | Renewal of Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New Jersey and New York | IHA | 4/20/2021- 4/19/2022 |
| Skipjack Offshore Energy, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Delaware | IHA | 4/5/2021- 4/4/2022 |
| Annova LNG Common Infrastructure | LNG Terminal Construction in the Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County, Texas | IHA | 3/1/2021 - 2/28/2022 |
| Kitty Hawk Wind, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of North Carolina and Virginia | IHA | 7/23/2021 -10/31/2021 |
| Orsted Wind Power North America | Site Characterization off of Massachusetts to New York | IHA | 9/25/2020 - 9/24/2021 |
| Equinor Wind, LLC | Site Characterization off of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey | IHA | 9/20/2020 - 9/19/2021 |
| Jordan Cove Energy Project LP | Jordan Cove Project, Coos Bay, OR | IHA | 10/1/2020 - 9/30/ 2021 |
| Dominion Energy Virginia | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Coastal Virginia (2021) | IHA | 4/12/2021 - 8/27/2021 |
| Mayflower Wind Energy, LLC | IHA | 7/23/2020 - 7/22/2021 | |
| Rio Grande LNG LLC | LNG Terminal Construction in the Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County, Texas | IHA | 7/1/2020 - 6/30/2021 |
| Vineyard Wind, LLC | Reissuance of Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York | IHA | 6/21/2020 - 6/20/2021 |
| Dominion Energy Virginia | Offshore Wind Construction Activities off of Virginia | IHA | 5/15/2020 - 5/14/2021 |
| Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC |
Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New Jersey and New York |
IHA | 4/20/2020 - 4/19/2021 |
| Vineyard Wind, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York | IHA | 6/1/2020- 5/31/2021 |
| Skipjack Offshore Energy, LLC |
Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Delaware and Maryland |
IHA | 11/25/2019- 11/24/2020 |
| Ørsted Wind Power LLC | Site Characterization Surveys for Renewable Energy off the Coast of New England in the Areas of OCS-A 0486, OCS-A 0487, and OCS-A 0500 | IHA | 9/26/2019 - 9/25/2020 |
| Avangrid Renewables LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys for Renewable Energy off the Coast of North Carolina in the area of OCS-A508 | IHA | 6/1/2019 - 5/31/2020 |
| Equinor Wind US LLC | Renewal of Wind Site Characterization Surveys off of New York | IHA | 4/25/2019 - 4/24/2020 |
| Dominion Energy Virginia | Unexploded Ordnance Surveys off Virginia for Site Characterization of the OCS-A 0497 Lease Area for Renewable Energy Development | IHA | 7/31/2018 - 7/30/2019 |
| Bay State Wind LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys off the Coast of Massachusetts | IHA | 7/24/2018 - 7/23/2019 |
| Deepwater Wind New England LLC | Site Characterization Surveys off the Coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts | IHA | 6/13/2018 - 6/12/2019 |
| Garden State Offshore Energy, LLC | Geophysical Survey for Skipjack Wind off of Delaware | IHA | 5/15/2018- 5/14/2019 |
| Statoil Wind U.S. LLC | Wind Site Characterization Surveys off of New York | IHA | 4/24/2018- 4/23/2019 |
| Deepwater Wind, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys, off of New York | IHA | 6/16/2017 - 6/15/2018 |
| Ocean Wind, LLC | Marine Site Characterization Surveys, off of New Jersey | IHA | 6/8/2017- 6/7/2018 |
| Port Dolphin Deepwater Port | LNG Construction and Operation near Tampa Bay, FL | LOA | 6/01/2013 - 5/31/2018 |
| Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, L.P. and Algonquin Gas Transmission, L.L.C. | Port and Algonquin Pipeline Operation, Maintenance and Repair in Massachusetts Bay (2016-2017) | IHA | 12/23/2016-12/22/2017 |
| Neptune LNG, LLC | Decommissioning of Neptune Deepwater Port, MA (2016-2017) | IHA | 10/07/2016-10/06/2017 |
| DONG Energy Massachusetts LLC | Geophysical and Geotechnical Surveys Offshore Massachusetts (2016-2017) | IHA | 8/13/2016-8/12/2017 |
| Deepwater Wind | Block Island Wind Farm Cable Installation Off Block Island, RI (2016-2017) | IHA | 5/31/2016-5/30/2017 |
| Neptune LNG, LLC | Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Operation and Maintenance off Massachusetts (2011-2016) | LOA | 07/11/2011- 07/10/2016 |
| ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC (AK LNG) | Geophysical and Geotechnical Program in Cook Inlet, AK (2015) | IHA | 8/14/2015-8/13/2016 |
| Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, L.P. and Algonquin Gas Transmission, L.L.C. | LNG Port Operations and Maintenance and Repair in Massachusetts Bay (2015-16) | IHA | 12/23/2015-12/22/2016 |
| Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, L.P. and Algonquin Gas Transmission, L.L.C. | LNG Port Operations and Maintenance/ Repair in Massachusetts Bay, MA | IHA | 12/22/2014- 12/21/2015 |
| Deepwater Wind Block Island, LLC | Block Island Wind Farm Construction off Rhode Island | IHA | 10/31/2014- 10/30/2015 |
| Deepwater Wind Block Island Transmission, LLC | Block Island Transmission System (BITS) Construction off Rhode Island | IHA | 11/01/2014- 10/31/2015 |
| Cape Wind Associates | High Resolution Geophysical Survey in Nantucket Sound, MA | IHA | 04/25/2014- 04/24/2015 |
North Atlantic right whale Catalog #3560 ‘Snow Cone’ sighted December 2, 2021 entangled and with a new calf. Photo credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission taken under NOAA permit 20556.
Four North Atllantic right whales.
North Atlantic right whale mother and calf. Credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #20556-01.