All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: NOAA Fisheries PIFSC Fisheries and Ecosystem Research Activities in the Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources has received a request from the NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals incidental to conducting fisheries research, over the co
Effective
05/16/2025
Incidental Take Authorization: Avangrid Renewables, LLC's Construction of the New England Wind Offshore Wind Farm Project off of Massachusetts
Incidental Take Authorization: Avangrid Renewables, LLC's Construction of the New England Wind Offshore Wind Farm Project off of Massachusetts
Effective
03/27/2025
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing (HSTT) (2018-2025)
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing (HSTT) (2018-2023)
Effective
01/16/2025
Incidental Take Authorization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Marine Geophysical Survey in the Nauru Basin of Greater Micronesia in the NW
Incidental Take Authorization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Marine Geophysical Survey in the Nauru Basin of Greater Micronesia in the NW Pacific Ocean
Effective
12/11/2024
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Marine Geophysical Survey of the Chain Transform Fault in the Equatorial Atlantic
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Marine Geophysical Survey of the Chain Transform Fault in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean
Effective
09/27/2024
Incidental Take Authorization: Oil and Gas Industry Geophysical Survey Activity in the Gulf of Mexico
NOAA Fisheries has received a petition for an incidental take regulation (ITR) from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The requested ITR would govern the authorization of take of small numbers of marine mammals over the course of five years inc
Effective
05/24/2024
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Marine Geophysical Survey in the Puerto Rico Trench and slope of Puerto Rico
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Marine Geophysical Survey in the Puerto Rico Trench and slope of Puerto Rico
Published
10/13/2023
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's marine geophysical surveys of the Blake Plateau in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's marine geophysical surveys of the Blake Plateau in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Published
07/14/2023
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Geophysical Surveys off North Carolina in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Geophysical Surveys off North Carolina in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Published
05/11/2023
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Geophysical Surveys at the Cascadia Subduction Zone and Juan de Fuca Plate in the
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Geophysical Surveys at the Cascadia Subduction Zone and Juan de Fuca Plate in the Northeast Pacific Ocean
Published
08/05/2022