All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Liquefied Natural Gas Construction in Cook Inlet, Alaska
NOAA Fisheries has received a request from the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to Alaska LNG Project in Cook Inlet, over the course of five years (2020-2025). Pursuant to the Marine Mammal
Effective
01/01/2021
Incidental Take Authorization: Renewal of Office of Naval Research Arctic Research Activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas
Incidental Take Authorization: Renewal of Office of Naval Research Arctic Research Activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas
Published
08/28/2020
Permit Application to Import 5 Beluga Whales for Scientific Research (File No. 22629, Mystic Aquarium)
Mystic Aquarium requests to import five captive-born beluga whales for scientific research. The whales were born at Marineland of Canada and are the progeny of belugas that originated from the depleted Sakhalin Bay-Nikolaya Bay-Amur River stock.
Issued
08/27/2020
Incidental Take Authorization: Crowley Kotzebue Dock Upgrade in Kotzebue, Alaska
Incidental Take Authorization: Crowley Kotzebue Dock Upgrade in Kotzebue, Alaska
Published
07/08/2020
Incidental Take Authorization: Port of Alaska Petroleum and Cement Terminal (PCT) in Anchorage, Alaska
Incidental Take Authorization: Port of Alaska Petroleum and Cement Terminal (PCT) in Anchorage, Alaska
Published
04/06/2020
Incidental Take Authorization: NOAA Fisheries AFSC Fisheries and Ecosystem Research Activities in Pacific and Arctic Oceans
NOAA Fisheries' Office of Protected Resources hereby issues regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted in multiple specified geographical regions over the course of five years. These re
Effective
10/07/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: Office of Naval Research Arctic Research Activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas (2019)
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during Arctic Research Activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. ONR&rs
Published
09/24/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: Hilcorp Alaska LLC Oil and Gas Activities in Cook Inlet, Alaska
NOAA Fisheries issued a modified Letter of Authorization to Hilcorp Alaska LLC (Hilcorp) to take marine mammals incidental to oil and gas activities in Cook Inlet, Alaska through 31 July 2020.
NOAA Fisheries, upon request from Hilcorp Al
Effective
07/30/2019
Cook Inlet and Kodiak Marine Mammal Disaster Response Guidelines
Guidelines for marine mammal response in disaster situations in Cook Inlet and Kodiak, Alaska.
Published
05/24/2019
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