All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
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
Incidental Take Authorization: Office of Naval Research Arctic Research Activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas
In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Published
09/27/2018
User Manual for Optional Spreadsheet Tool - 2018 Acoustic Technical Guidance
NOAA Fisheries seeks public comment on our User Manual for Optional User Spreadsheet Tool (Version 2.0) (User Manual) for NOAA Fisheries' 2018 Revisions to Technical Guidance for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammal Hearing.
Published
09/24/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Washington State Department of Transportation Ferry Terminal Dolphin Relocation at Bremerton and Edmonds Ferry
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to take small numbers of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to Bremerton and Edmonds ferry terminals dolphin relocation proj
Published
09/11/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Marine Geophysical Survey in the North Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (L-DEO) to incidentally take marine mammals during a Marine Geophysical Survey.
Published
08/31/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Pier 62 Restoration, Seattle Waterfront, Elliott Bay
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization to the Seattle Department of Transportation to incidentally harass, by Level A and B harassment, marine mammals during pile driving and removal activities associated with the rest
Published
08/10/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: United States Geological Survey Geophysical Survey in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to USGS to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during geophysical survey activities associated with a the USGS MATRIX survey.
Published
08/10/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Dominion Energy Virginia Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Surveys off Virginia for the Research Lease of Submerged Lands for
NOAA Fisheries issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (Dominion) for the take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to high-resolution geophysical (HRG) surveys as
Published
08/08/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Alaska DOT Sand Point City Dock Replacement Project, Sand Point, AK
NMFS has issued an IHA to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to the Sand Point City Dock Replacement Project in Sand Point, Alaska.
NOAA Fisheries has received
Published
08/06/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Naval Station Mayport Bravo Wharf Maintenance, Jacksonville, Florida
On August 3, 2016, NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to the U.S. Navy for Year 1 of the Bravo Wharf Recapitalization Project (81 FR 52637; August 9, 2016). On February 22, 2017, NOAA Fisheries published a notice of a revision of the IHA (82 FR 11344), revising
Published
08/03/2018