All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Approach Regulations for Humpback Whales in Waters Surrounding the Islands of Hawaii Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act
NOAA Fisheries has finalized an interim rule on mandatory distances to protect humpback whales in waters surrounding the islands of Hawaiʻi.
Effective
01/22/2024
Incidental Take Authorization: City and Borough of Sitka's Seaplane Base Construction Activities
Incidental Take Authorization: City and Borough of Sitka's Seaplane Base Construction Activities
Published
01/11/2024
Incidental Take Authorization: US Wind, Inc. Construction and Operation of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project off of Maryland
Incidental Take Authorization: US Wind, Inc. Construction and Operation of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project off of Maryland
Published
01/04/2024
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Unalaska (Dutch Harbor) Channel Deepening Project in Unalaska, Alaska
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Unalaska (Dutch Harbor) Channel Deepening Project in Unalaska, Alaska
Effective
01/01/2024
Incidental Take Authorization: National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs Geophysical Survey in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
Incidental Harassment Authorization: National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs Geophysical Survey in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
Effective
12/15/2023
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Ice Exercise Activities 2024 (ICEX24) in the Arctic Ocean
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Ice Exercise Activities 2024 (ICEX24) in the Arctic Ocean
Published
12/07/2023
Incidental Take Authorization: TC Energy Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC's East Lateral XPRESS Project in Barataria Bay, Louisiana
Incidental Take Authorization: TC Energy Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC's East Lateral XPRESS Project in Barataria Bay, Louisiana
Effective
12/01/2023
Incidental Take Authorization: Revolution Wind, LLC Construction of the Revolution Wind Energy Facility Off of Rhode Island
Incidental Take Authorization: Revolution Wind, LLC Construction of the Revolution Wind Energy Facility Off of Rhode Island
Effective
11/20/2023
Formal Rulemaking on Proposed MMPA Waiver and Hunt Regulations Governing Gray Whale Hunts by the Makah Tribe
On April 5, 2019, we published a proposed rule to issue a waiver of the MMPA take moratorium, a critical step in an agency decision about whether to authorize the Makah Indian Tribe to resume limited treaty-based hunting of eastern North Pacific (ENP)…
- Notice of Availability (88 FR 80300, 11/17/2023)
- Notice; extension of comment period (87 FR 50319, 08/16/2022)
- Notice of Availability (87 FR 39517, 07/01/2022)
- Notice; extension of comment period (86 FR 57639, 10/18/2021)
- Notice; request for comments (86 FR 53949, 09/29/2021)
- Proposed Rule (84 FR 13604, 04/05/2019)
Published
Notification of receipt of petition for rulemaking
NOAA Fisheries announces the receipt of a petition for rulemaking from the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island, the Traditional Council of St. George Island, and the Aleut Marine Mammal Commission to revise regulations governing the subsistence taking of northern fur seals.
Published
11/09/2023