All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Waterfront Improvement Projects at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to the U.S. Navy for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to continued construction activities as part of waterfront improvement projects at several Portsmouth Naval Shipyard berths in Kittery, Maine.
Published
01/24/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Deepwater Wind Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New York
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to Deepwater Wind, LLC, to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to high-resolution geophysical and geotechnical surveys associated with marine site characterization activities off the coast of New York in the are
Issued
07/13/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: USFWS Eastern Mass. National Wildlife Refuge Complex Monitoring and Research
NMFS has issued an IHA to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Eastern Mass. National Wildlife Complex for authorization under the MMPA to take marine mammals, incidental to seabird and shorebird monitoring and research within the Complex.
Effective
04/01/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Maine DOT Eastport Breakwater Project
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to the Maine Department of Transportation to take, by Level B harassment, small numbers of five species of marine mammals incidental to a breakwater replacement project in Eastport, Maine.
Published
03/14/2017
Port and Algonquin Pipeline Operation, Maintenance and Repair in Massachusetts Bay (2016-2017)
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, L.P. and Algonquin Gas Transmission, L.L.C. for authorization under the MMPA to take small numbers of 14 species of marine mammals.
Issued
11/22/2016
Incidental Take Authorization: NOAA Fisheries NEFSC Fisheries and Ecosystem Research Activities in the Atlantic Ocean
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources has issued an LOA and regulations under the MMPA to govern the unintentional take of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted by the NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fis
Published
08/11/2016
Incidental Take Authorization: Maine Department of Transportation Eastport Pier and Breakwater Replacement Project (2015)
NMFS has issued an IHA to the Maine Department of Transportation to take, by Level B harassment, small numbers of five species of marine mammals incidental to a pier and breakwater replacement project in Eastport, Maine.
Published
08/05/2015
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (2013 -2018)
NOAA Fisheries issued regulations under the MMPA to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to training and testing activities conducted in the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) Study Area from November 2013 through Nove
Published
12/04/2013