All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Geophysical Survey in the Northeast Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to a low-energy marine geophysical survey in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
Survey locations
Published
10/25/2017
Subsistence Taking of Northern Fur Seals on the Pribilof Islands - Annual Subsistence Harvest Levels
NOAA Fisheries is publishing the expected harvest levels from 2017–2019 on St. George and St. Paul Islands, Alaska (the Pribilof Islands) to satisfy subsistence requirements of the Alaska Natives residing on the Pribilof Islands (Pribilovians).
- Final Rule: Expected Harvest Levels (82 FR 39044, 08/17/2017)
- Proposed Rule: Expected Harvest Levels (82 FR 22797, 05/18/2017)
- Final Rule: Annual Harvests and Estimates (79 FR 45728, 08/06/2014)
- Proposed Rule: Annual Harvests and Estimates (79 FR 27550, 05/14/2014)
- Final Rule: Annual Harvests and Estimates (77 FR 6682, 02/09/2012)
Effective
09/18/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: WETA Central Bay Operations and Maintenance Facility Project, Alameda, CA
NMFS issued an IHA to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) for authorization under the MMPA to take marine mammals, incidental to construction associated with pile removal and driving at the Central Bay Operation
Published
08/30/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Dismantling Project
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to the California Department of Transportation for an incidental take authorization to take small numbers of six species of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to the dismantling of the original East Span of the San
Issued
07/31/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Chevron Richmond Refinery Long Wharf Maintenance and Efficiency Project, San Francisco Bay
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to Chevron for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to construction activities associated with the Long Wharf Maintenance and Efficiency Project in San Francisco Bay, CA.
Published
06/14/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: S.F. Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority Ferry Terminal Expansion Project 2017
NOAA Fisheries has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) for authorization under the Marine Mammal Protection Act to take marine mammals, by Level B harassment only, inc
Issued
05/30/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Training Activities in the Gulf of Alaska Temporary Maritime Activities Area (2017-2022)
Upon application from the U.S. Navy, NOAA Fisheries has issued regulations under the MMPA to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to the training activities conducted in the Gulf of Alaska Temporary Maritime Activities Study A
Published
04/27/2017
Pribilof Islands, Taking for Subsistence Purposes, 50 CFR part 216, Subpart F
The subsistence harvest from the depleted stock of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus), on the Pribilof Islands, AK, is governed by regulations found in 50 CFR part 216, subpart F.
Published
12/08/2016
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) (2015–2020)
NOAA Fisheries has issued regulations and Letters of Authorization (LOA) under the MMPA to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to training and testing activities conducted in the Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Study Area fr
Published
11/24/2015
Incidental Take Authorization: NOAA Fisheries SWFSC Fisheries and Ecosystem Research Activities in the Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources has issued an LOA and regulations under the MMPA to govern the unintentional take of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted by the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Sci
Published
09/30/2015