All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Long-term Limits on Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Subsistence Harvest
NOAA Fisheries issues final regulations establishing long-term limits on the maximum number of Cook Inlet beluga whales that may be taken by Alaska Natives for subsistence and handicraft purposes. These regulations were developed after proceedings and pub
- Final Rule: Maximum Limits (73 FR 60976, 10/15/2008)
- Notice of Availability: Comments Requested (72 FR 8268, February 16, 2006)
- Final Rule: Interim Regulations: (69 FR 1973, April 6, 2004)
- Notice: Interim Harvest for 2001-2004 (67 FR 30646, May 7, 2002)
- Proposed Rule: Harvest Limits (65 FR 59164, October 4, 2000)
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Notice of Availability of the Conservation Plan for the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale
Notice of availability of the final conservation plan for the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (MMPA).
Published
Notice of Availability of the Final Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Subsistence Harvest Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
EIS No. 20080235, Final Supplement, NOA, AK, Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Subsistence Harvest Project, Proposes to Implement a Long-Term Harvest Plan and Fulfill the Federal Government's Trust Responsibility, Cook Inlet, AK, Wait Period Ends:07/21/2008
Published
Listing North Pacific Right Whale Under the ESA
We, NOAA Fisheries, completed a status review of right whales in the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in December 2006 and are listing the currently endangered northern right whale (Eubalaena spp.) as two
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Notice of Final 2008 Revised Recovery Plan for Steller Sea Lions
NOAA Fisheries announces the availability of the Final Revised Recovery Plan, dated March 2008, for the western and eastern distinct population segments (DPS) of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus).
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Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement for Issuing Annual Quotas for a Subsistence Hunt on Bowhead Whales
Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement for a subsistence hunt on the arctic stock of bowhead whales in Alaska for the Years 2008 through 2012.
Published
Notice of a 90-day Finding On Petition to List Global Populations of Right Whales
Notice of a 90-day finding regarding a petition to list the global populations of right whales with the common name Black Whale as a single species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). After review, we find the petition does not pre
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Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quota for Bowhead Whales 2002-2007
Notices of aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales that NOAA Fisheries has assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, and of limitations on the use of the quota deriving from regulations of the International Whaling Commission.
Effective
Steller Sea Lion and Northern Fur Seal Research Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
Notice of Availability of Steller sea lion and Northern fur seal research Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.
Published
Designation of the AT1 Group of Transient Killer Whales as a Depleted Stock Under MMPA
NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to designate the AT1 group of transient killer whales as a depleted stock of marine mammals pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This action is based upon a status review conducted by NOAA Fisheries.
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