All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: Garden State Offshore Energy Geophysical Survey for Skipjack Wind, Offshore Delaware
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to Garden State Offshore Energy, LLC, for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to marine site characterization surveys off the coast of Delaware as part of the Skipjack Wind Project in the area of the Commercia
Published
06/07/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Caltrans Dismantling and Reuse of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span (2018)
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for authorization to take marine mammals during the dismantling and reuse of the original East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (SFOBB) in the San Fran
Published
06/05/2018
Puget Sound Salmon Harvest Resource Management Plan
Puget Sound Salmon Harvest Resource Management Plan
Published
06/05/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: City of San Diego Coast Boulevard Improvements in La Jolla, California
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to the City of San Diego (the City) take three species of marine mammals, by Level B harassment only, incidental to Coast Boulevard improvements in La Jolla, California. The project was been delayed, such that none of the work
Published
06/01/2018
National Procedure for Permit Applications To Retain Releasable Rehabilitated Marine Mammals for Public Display
NOAA Fisheries has developed a national Procedural Directive clarifying the process for eligible permit applicants to obtain releasable marine mammals for public display purposes under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Releasable marine mammals are
Effective
05/07/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Statoil Wind Site Characterization Surveys Offshore New York
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Statoil Wind U.S. LLC (Statoil) to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys off the coast of New York as part of
Published
05/03/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Astoria Waterfront Bridge Replacement, Astoria, Oregon
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the City of Astoria, Oregon, to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during construction activities associated with a waterfront bridges replacement proj
Published
05/02/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Saint George Reef Light Station Restoration Activities in the Northeast Pacific Ocean (2018)
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the St. George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society (Society) to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during aircraft operations, lighthouse renovations,
Published
05/02/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Harvest Alaska, LLC Cook Inlet Pipeline Cross Inlet Extension Project, Cook Inlet, Alaska
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Harvest Alaska, LLC (Harvest), to incidentally take, by Level B harassment, eight species of marine mammals incidental to oil and gas pipeline installation activities associated wi
Published
05/02/2018
90-Day Finding on a Petition To List Chinook Salmon in the Upper Klamath-Trinity Rivers Basin as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species
We, NOAA Fisheries, announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list as threatened or endangered the Upper Klamath-Trinity Rivers (UKTR) Chinook salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) or, alternatively, create a new ESU to
Effective
04/30/2018