All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: US Wind, Inc. Construction and Operation of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project off of Maryland
Incidental Take Authorization: US Wind, Inc. Construction and Operation of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project off of Maryland
Published
01/04/2024
Final Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for the Threatened Nassau Grouper
NOAA Fisheries designates critical habitat for the threatened Nassau grouper pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Published
01/02/2024
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Unalaska (Dutch Harbor) Channel Deepening Project in Unalaska, Alaska
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Unalaska (Dutch Harbor) Channel Deepening Project in Unalaska, Alaska
Effective
01/01/2024
Draft Environmental Assessment on Permitting Translocation of Sturgeon for Scientific Research and Enhancement
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources is requesting comment on a draft programmatic environmental assessment that analyzes translocation of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon.
Published
12/27/2023
Incidental Take Authorization: National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs Geophysical Survey in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
Incidental Harassment Authorization: National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs Geophysical Survey in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
Effective
12/15/2023
Petition To List the Washington Coast Chinook Salmon As Threatened or Endangered Under the ESA
We, NOAA Fisheries, announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list spring-run Chinook salmon on the Washington Coast (WC) or, alternatively, list the existing WC Chinook salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) as threatened or endangered under the…
Published
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Ice Exercise Activities 2024 (ICEX24) in the Arctic Ocean
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Ice Exercise Activities 2024 (ICEX24) in the Arctic Ocean
Published
12/07/2023
Incidental Take Authorization: TC Energy Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC's East Lateral XPRESS Project in Barataria Bay, Louisiana
Incidental Take Authorization: TC Energy Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC's East Lateral XPRESS Project in Barataria Bay, Louisiana
Effective
12/01/2023
Proposed Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for Indo-Pacific Corals
We, NOAA Fisheries, propose to designate critical habitat for five threatened coral species in U.S. waters in the Pacific Islands region, pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act. This proposal builds on and replaces a previous proposal in…
Published
Final Annual Determination for 2024
NOAA Fisheries will not identify additional fisheries to observe on the 2024 Annual Determination (AD), pursuant to its authority under the Endangered Species Act.
Published
11/24/2023