All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Coast Guard Waterfront Repairs at USCG Station Monterey, California
NMFS issued an IHA to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to pile driving activities for waterfront repairs at the USCG Monterey Station in Monterey, California.
Published
12/28/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Marine Geophysical Surveys in the Southwest Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to marine geophysical surveys in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.
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Published
11/27/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Venoco, LLC, Fender Pile Replacement at Casitas Pier, Carpinteria, CA
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to Venoco, LLC, for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to fender pile replacement at Casitas Pier in Carpinteria, CA.
NOAA Fisheries received and granted a request from Venoco, LLC, (Venoco) and Chevron USA, In
Published
11/22/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: FAA Biorka Island Dock Replacement Project, Sitka, Alaska
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to the Federal Aviation Administration for authorization under the MMPA to take marine mammals, incidental to construction associated with pile driving, removal, and drilling at Biorka Island, Sitka, Alaska.
Existing
Published
10/31/2017
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: City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska Gary Paxton Industrial Park Dock Modification Project
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the City and Borough of Sitka for the taking marine mammals incidental to modifying the Gary Paxton Industrial Park dock in Sawmill Cove, Alaska.
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Published
10/13/2017
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: University of Hawaii Marine Geophysical Survey in the Central Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to the University of Hawaii to incidentally take, by Level A and Level B harassment only, small numbers of marine mammals during a marine geophysical survey in the Central Pacific Ocean.
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Published
09/25/2017
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: Subsea Cable Laying Operations in U.S. Arctic
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to Quintillion Subsea Operations LLC for authorization under the MMPA to take marine mammals, incidental to conducting subsea cable-laying and maintenance activities in the Beaufort, Bering, and Chukchi seas, during the open-w
Issued
08/16/2017