All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Permit to North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries for Sea Turtles
Incidental Take Permit to North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (for sea turtles)
Effective
09/17/2013
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
Status Review of the Ribbon Seal - Listing Not Warranted
This is a Notice that NOAA Fisheries has completed a comprehensive status review of the ribbon seal under the Endangered Species Act and has determined that listing the ribbon seal as threatened or endangered is not warranted at this time.
Published
07/10/2013
Recovery Plan for North Pacific Right Whales
NOAA Fisheries announces the adoption and availability of the final Recovery Plan for the North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica).
Effective
06/07/2013
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
Listing 4 Subspecies of Ringed Seals (Arctic, Okhotsk, Baltic and Ladoga) Under the ESA
Final determination to list the Arctic (Phoca hispida hispida), Okhotsk (P. hispida ochotensis), and Baltic (P. hispida botnica) subspecies of the ringed seal (P. hispida) as threatened and the Ladoga (P. hispida ladogensis) subspecies as endangered.
Effective
02/26/2013
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
Incidental Take Permit to Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Incidental Take Permit to Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Issued
01/14/2013
Final Rule to List the Main Hawaiian Islands Insular False Killer Whale Distinct Population Segment as Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act
In response to a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council, we, NOAA Fisheries, issue a final determination to list the Main Hawaiian Islands insular false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) distinct population segment (DPS) as an endanger
Effective
12/28/2012