All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
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
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
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
Notice of Determination - Not Proposing Critical Habitat for the Western Arctic Stock of Bowhead Whales
NOAA Fisheries received a petition on February 22, 2000, requesting that portions of the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi Seas be designated as critical habitat for the Western Arctic stock (which is also referred to as the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort stock, among o
Published
08/30/2002
Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quota for Bowhead Whales 2001-2000
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
10/17/2001
Depleted Designation for Cook Inlet Population of Beluga Whales
Based upon the available information regarding the status of the Cook Inlet stock of beluga whales, NOAA Fisheries has determined that the Cook Inlet stock of beluga whales is below its optimum sustainable population levels and, therefore, is depleted as
Effective
06/30/2000
Listing the Cook Inlet Stock of Beluga Whales under the ESA - Not Warranted
NOAA Fisheries received two petitions in March 1999 to list the Cook Inlet, Alaska, stock beluga whales as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The most immediate threat to the stock identified by the petitioners was the high level of harvest that
Effective
06/22/2000