All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Notice of Availability of the Final Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Subsistence Harvest Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
EIS No. 20080235, Final Supplement, NOA, AK, Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Subsistence Harvest Project, Proposes to Implement a Long-Term Harvest Plan and Fulfill the Federal Government's Trust Responsibility, Cook Inlet, AK, Wait Period Ends:07/21/2008
Published
06/20/2008
Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement for Issuing Annual Quotas for a Subsistence Hunt on Bowhead Whales
Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement for a subsistence hunt on the arctic stock of bowhead whales in Alaska for the Years 2008 through 2012.
Published
01/25/2008
Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quota for Bowhead Whales 2002-2007
Notices of aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales that NOAA Fisheries has assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, and of limitations on the use of the quota deriving from regulations of the International Whaling Commission.
Effective
03/12/2007
Steller Sea Lion and Northern Fur Seal Research Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
Notice of Availability of Steller sea lion and Northern fur seal research Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.
Published
02/28/2007
Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan
NMFS issues this final rule to implement regulatory and non-regulatory management measures to reduce the incidental mortality and serious injury (bycatch) of the western North Atlantic coastal bottlenose dolphin stock (dolphin) (Tursiops truncatus) in the
05/26/2006
Designation of the AT1 Group of Transient Killer Whales as a Depleted Stock Under MMPA
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to designate the AT1 group of transient killer whales as a depleted stock of marine mammals pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This action is based upon a status review conducted by NOAA Fisheries.
Effective
07/06/2004
Notice of Availability of Subsistence Harvest Management of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales - Final Environment Impact Statement
EIS No. 030426, FINAL EIS, NOA, AK, Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Stock, Federal Actions Associated with the Management and Recovery, Implementation, Cook Inlet, AK, Wait Period Ends: October 27, 2003.
Published
09/26/2003
Designation of Southern Resident Killer Whales as a Depleted Stock Under MMPA
Following a review of the status of the eastern North Pacific Southern Resident stock of killer whales (Orcinus orca), NOAA Fisheries has determined that the stock is below its Optimal Sustainable Population (OSP) and, therefore, is depleted as defined in
Effective
06/30/2003
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment to Access the Impacts of Issuing Subsistence Quota for Bowhead Whales
NOAA Fisheries announces the availability of an Environmental Assessment (EA), in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to assess the impacts of issuing the International Whaling Commission (IWC) subsistence quota for bowhead whale
Published
03/04/2003
Fine-scaled Stock Structure of Harbor Seals in Alaska
NOAA Fisheries announced that new information is available that indicates fine-scaled stock structure of harbor seals in Alaska.
Published
10/08/2002