All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Permit Application to Import 3 Bottlenose Dolphins (File No. 22686, Chicago Zoological Society)
The National Marine Fisheries Service has issued a permit to the Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield Zoo (Bill Zeigler, Responsible Party), to import up to three bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) for public display.
Effective
11/26/2019
Announcement of a Recovery Planning Workshop for the Oceanic Whitetip Shark
We, NOAA Fisheries, are convening a workshop to solicit facts and information from experts to inform recovery planning for the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus). We will not be asking for a consensus recommendation on how to recover the oce
Published
10/15/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: Orsted Wind Power LLC Site Characterization Surveys for Renewable Energy off the Coast of New England in the Areas of
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Ørsted Wind Power LLC (Ørsted) to take small numbers of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to high-resolution geophysical (HRG) survey investigations assoc
Published
10/02/2019
Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Modifications; Notice of Intent to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement and Request for Comments
This notice informs the public of upcoming scoping meetings to solicit public comments on ways to reduce the risk of entanglement in trap and pot fisheries for right, humpback, and finback whales.
Published
08/02/2019
Not Warranted Listing Determination for Alewife and Blueback Herring
We, NOAA Fisheries, have completed a comprehensive status review under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis). The status review identified four alewife distinct population segments (DPS
- Not Warranted Listing Determination (84 FR 28630, June 19, 2019)
- Correction Notice for Not Warranted Determination (84 FR 53110, October 4, 2019)
- Initiation of a Status Review (82 FR 38672, August 15, 2017)
- 12-Month Finding (78 FR 48943, August 12, 2013)
- 90-day Finding (76 FR 67652, November 2, 2011)
Published
06/19/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: Renewal of Wind Site Characterization Surveys Offshore New York
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) Renewal to Equinor Wind US LLC to incidentally harass marine mammals incidental to marine site characterization surveys off the coast of New York in the area of the Commercial Lease of
Published
05/02/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex Research, Monitoring, and
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex Research, Monitoring, and Maintenance Activities
Published
04/30/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: Oil and Gas Industry Geophysical Survey Activity in the Atlantic Ocean
In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NOAA Fisheries has issued incidental harassment authorizations (IHA) to five separate applicants.
Published
12/07/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts (2018-2025)
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts (2018-2025)
Effective
11/14/2018
Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan’s Massachusetts Trap/Pot Restricted Area and the Great South Channel Trap/Pot Restricted Area
NOAA Fisheries has published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to solicit comments on modifying the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan's Massachusetts Trap/Pot Restricted Area and the Great South Channel Trap/Pot Restricted Area to
Published
09/28/2018