All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Permit to take Fin Whales in the CA Thresher Shark/ Swordfish Drift Gillnet Fishery (>14 inch mesh) and WA/OR/CA Sablefish Pot Fishery
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS hereby issues a permit for a period of three years to authorize the incidental, but not intentional, taking of individuals of three stocks of marine mammals listed as threatened or endangere
Issued
09/04/2013
Incidental Take Authorization: Port Dolphin LNG Construction and Operation near Tampa Bay, FL
NOAA Fisheries issued regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to port construction and operations at its Port Dolphin Deepwater Port in the Gulf of Mexico (near Tampa Bay, FL), over the course of five ye
Issued
06/01/2013
Potential Management Measures to Protect Glacially-associated Harbor Seals
NOAA Fisheries will hold two public workshops to solicit input from stakeholders regarding our advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on potential management measures to protect glacially-associated harbor seal habitats in Alaska.
Published
04/11/2013
Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement on Issuing Annual Quotas to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission
Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Issuing Annual Quotas to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission for a Subsistence Hunt on Bowhead Whales for the Years 2013 through 2017/2018.
Issued
01/18/2013
Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quota for Bowhead Whales 2008-2012
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
04/10/2012
Vessel Regulations in Washington State for Southern Resident Killer Whales
We, NOAA Fisheries, establish regulations under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to prohibit vessels from approaching killer whales within 200 yards (182.9 m) and from parking in the path of whales when in inland wa
Effective
05/16/2011
Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan to Protect Pilot Whales and Risso's Dolphins
NOAA Fisheries announces pelagic longline fishery has a high level of mortality and serious injury across a number of marine mammal stocks, especially pilot whales and Risso's dolphins.
Effective
06/18/2009
Notice of Availability of Policy and Guidance Document for Steller Sea Lion and Northern Fur Seal Research Permits and Grants Programs
NOAA Fisheries has developed a policy and guidance document for implementation of the Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) and northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) research permits and grants programs.
Published
12/19/2008
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)
Effective
11/14/2008
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
10/22/2008