All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: Saint George Reef Light Station Restoration Activities in the Northeast Pacific Ocean (2018)
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the St. George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society (Society) to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during aircraft operations, lighthouse renovations,
Published
05/02/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: University of California Santa Cruz Rocky Intertidal Monitoring off California and Oregon (2018)
NOAA Fisheries issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal Oceans at the University of California Santa Cruz, to take marine mammals, by Level B harassment only, incidental to rocky int
Published
03/16/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Recovery Activities in California and the Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to Space Exploration Technology Corporation (SpaceX) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to boost-back and landing of Falcon 9 rockets at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Califo
Published
12/26/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: University of Santa Cruz Rocky Intertidal Monitoring off California and Oregon
NOAA Fisheries has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal Oceans at the University of California Santa Cruz, to take marine mammals, by Level B harassment only, incidenta
Effective
12/19/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Geophysical Survey in the Northeast Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to a low-energy marine geophysical survey in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
Survey locations
Published
10/25/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Seattle Department of Transportation Pier 62 Restoration Project, Seattle, WA
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to the Seattle Department of Transportation for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to pile driving activities for the restoration of Pier 62, Seattle Waterfront, Elliot Bay in Seattle, Washington.
Effective
10/04/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Fuel Pier Replacement Project at Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, California, Year 5
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to the U.S. Navy for authorization under the MMPA to take marine mammals, incidental to construction associated with pile removal and replacement at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, CA.
Existing fuel pier
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Published
10/02/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Washington State Department of Transportation Mukilteo Multimodal Construction Project
NMFS issued an IHA to the Washington State Department of Transportation(DOT) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to Mukilteo Multimodal Construction Project in Washington State.
Vibratory hammer driving steel pile
Published
09/21/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: WETA Central Bay Operations and Maintenance Facility Project, Alameda, CA
NMFS issued an IHA to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) for authorization under the MMPA to take marine mammals, incidental to construction associated with pile removal and driving at the Central Bay Operation
Published
08/30/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Dismantling Project
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to the California Department of Transportation for an incidental take authorization to take small numbers of six species of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to the dismantling of the original East Span of the San
Issued
07/31/2017