All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: Whittier Ferry Terminal Alaska Class Ferry Modification Project
Incidental Take Authorization: Whittier Ferry Terminal Alaska Class Ferry Modification Project
Published
12/31/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: Astoria Waterfront Bridge Replacement Project in Astoria, OR (Phase 2, 2019)
Incidental Take Authorization: Astoria Waterfront Bridge Replacement Project in Astoria, OR (Phase 2, 2019)
Published
12/13/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: Sand Island Pile Dike System Test Piles Project near the Mouth of the Columbia River
Incidental Take Authorization: Sand Island Pile Dike System Test Piles Project near the Mouth of the Columbia River
Published
11/12/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: King Pile Markers Project on the Columbia River
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (Corps) to incidentally harass, by Level A and Level B harassment only, marine mammals during the King Pile Markers Project on the Columbia River in Washington and Ore
Published
10/08/2019
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
Marine Mammals; Pinniped Removal Authority
Request for authorization to intentionally take, by lethal methods, California sea lions and Steller sea lions to reduce or eliminate predation on fishery stocks that are listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Issued
08/30/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: Renewal of Washington Department of Transportation Dolphin Relocation at Bremerton Ferry Terminal
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) Renewal to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to incidentally harass marine mammals incidental to the dolphin (a man-made structure that protects other stru
Published
08/16/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Operations of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar (beginning in
OAA Fisheries, upon request from the U.S. Navy, issues these regulations pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act to govern the taking of marine mammals incidental to the use of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor Systems Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA
Effective
08/12/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: Washington Department of Transportation Mukilteo Multimodal Project, Puget Sound, Washington (Season 3: 2018)
NOAA Fisheries re-issued a previously issued incidental harassment authorization (IHA) with the only change being effective dates that are ten months later. The initial IHA authorized take of 12 species of marine mammals, by Level A and Level B haras
Published
08/09/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: Confined Rock Blasting near Ketchikan, AK
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the City of Ketchikan to incidentally harass, by Level B and Level A harassment only, marine mammals during underwater confined rock blasting activities associated with a rock pinna
Published
07/30/2019