All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: Caltrans Murray Street Bridge Seismic Retrofit Project, Santa Cruz, CA
NMFS has received an application from the California State Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for an IHA to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to the Murray Street Bridge seismic retrofit project in Santa Cruz, California.
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Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) (2015–2020)
NOAA Fisheries has issued regulations and Letters of Authorization (LOA) under the MMPA to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to training and testing activities conducted in the Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Study Area fr
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Determination on the Designation of Critical Habitat for Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
We, NOAA Fisheries, find that there are no marine areas within the jurisdiction of the United States that meet the definition of critical habitat for the following distinct population segments of scalloped hammerhead shark.
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Final Rule To List the Dusky Sea Snake and Three Foreign Corals Under the Endangered Species Act
We, NOAA Fisheries, issue a final rule to list three foreign corals and the dusky sea snake under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). We considered comments submitted on the proposed listing rule and have determined that the three foreign corals (Cantharell
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Findings on Petition to Delist Saint John River Population of Shortnose Sturgeon
We, NOAA Fisheries, announce a 12-month finding on a petition to identify and âdelistâ shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) within the Saint John River in New Brunswick, Canada under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The shortnose sturgeon is c
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Incidental Take Authorization: NOAA Fisheries SWFSC Fisheries and Ecosystem Research Activities in the Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources has issued an LOA and regulations under the MMPA to govern the unintentional take of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted by the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Sci
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Critical Habitat for Hawaiian Monk Seals
We, NOAA Fisheries, issue a final rule to revise the critical habitat for the Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act. Specific areas for designation include sixteen occupied areas within the range of the spec
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Notice of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Assessment on Issuing Incidental Take Authorizations in Cook Inlet, Alaska
NOAA Fisheries announces its intent to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the environmental impacts of issuing annual Incidental Take Authorizations (ITAs) pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) for the taking of
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Incidental Take Authorization: Maine Department of Transportation Eastport Pier and Breakwater Replacement Project (2015)
NMFS has issued an IHA to the Maine Department of Transportation to take, by Level B harassment, small numbers of five species of marine mammals incidental to a pier and breakwater replacement project in Eastport, Maine.
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Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Mariana Islands Training and Testing (MITT), South of Japan (2015-2020)
NOAA Fisheries has issued a Letter of Authorization (LOA) and regulations under the MMPA to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to training and testing activities conducted in the Mariana Islands Training and Testing (MI
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