All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Geophysical Survey in the Northeast Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to a low-energy marine geophysical survey in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
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Navy application to take marine mammals incidental to training and testing activities in Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing Study Area
NMFS has received a request from the U.S. Navy (Navy) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to training and testing activities conducted in the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing (HSTT) Study Area for a period of five years, fro
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Listing the Maui and South Island Hector's Dolphin Under the ESA
We, NOAA Fisheries, issue a final rule to list the Maui dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) as endangered and the South Island (SI) Hector's dolphin (C. hectori hectori) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). We considered comments submi
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Incidental Take Authorization: City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska Gary Paxton Industrial Park Dock Modification Project
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the City and Borough of Sitka for the taking marine mammals incidental to modifying the Gary Paxton Industrial Park dock in Sawmill Cove, Alaska.
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Incidental Take Authorization: Seattle Department of Transportation Pier 62 Restoration Project, Seattle, WA
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to the Seattle Department of Transportation for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to pile driving activities for the restoration of Pier 62, Seattle Waterfront, Elliot Bay in Seattle, Washington.
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Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Fuel Pier Replacement Project at Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, California, Year 5
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to the U.S. Navy for authorization under the MMPA to take marine mammals, incidental to construction associated with pile removal and replacement at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, CA.
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Incidental Take Authorization: University of Hawaii Marine Geophysical Survey in the Central Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to the University of Hawaii to incidentally take, by Level A and Level B harassment only, small numbers of marine mammals during a marine geophysical survey in the Central Pacific Ocean.
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Incidental Take Authorization: Washington State Department of Transportation Mukilteo Multimodal Construction Project
NMFS issued an IHA to the Washington State Department of Transportation(DOT) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to Mukilteo Multimodal Construction Project in Washington State.
Vibratory hammer driving steel pile
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Critical Habitat Designation for Atlantic Sturgeon
NOAA Fisheries issues this final rule to designate critical habitat for the threatened Gulf of Maine distinct population segment (DPS) of Atlantic sturgeon, the endangered New York Bight DPS of Atlantic sturgeon, the endangered Chesapeake Bay DPS of Atlan
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Subsistence Taking of Northern Fur Seals on the Pribilof Islands - Annual Subsistence Harvest Levels
NOAA Fisheries is publishing the expected harvest levels from 2017–2019 on St. George and St. Paul Islands, Alaska (the Pribilof Islands) to satisfy subsistence requirements of the Alaska Natives residing on the Pribilof Islands (Pribilovians).
- Final Rule: Expected Harvest Levels (82 FR 39044, 08/17/2017)
- Proposed Rule: Expected Harvest Levels (82 FR 22797, 05/18/2017)
- Final Rule: Annual Harvests and Estimates (79 FR 45728, 08/06/2014)
- Proposed Rule: Annual Harvests and Estimates (79 FR 27550, 05/14/2014)
- Final Rule: Annual Harvests and Estimates (77 FR 6682, 02/09/2012)
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