All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
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
5-Year Review for the Endangered Western Distinct Population Segment of Steller Sea Lion
NOAA Fisheries announces our intent to conduct a 5-year review for the endangered western DPS of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) under the Endangered Species Act.
Effective
04/06/2018
2017 Draft Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports Available
NOAA Fisheries reviewed the Alaska, Atlantic, and Pacific regional marine mammal stock assessment reports (SARs) in accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act. SARs for marine mammals in the Alaska, Atlantic, and Pacific regions were revised ac
03/23/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Tampa Harbor Big Bend Channel Expansion Project at Tampa Harbor, Tampa, Florida
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, (USACE) for authorization to take one species of marine mammal incidental to confined blasting in the East Channel of the Bi
Published
03/19/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: University of California Santa Cruz Rocky Intertidal Monitoring off California and Oregon (2018)
NOAA Fisheries issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal Oceans at the University of California Santa Cruz, to take marine mammals, by Level B harassment only, incidental to rocky int
Published
03/16/2018
Marine Mammal Protection Act Waiver for Select Louisiana Coastal Master Plan Projects
On February 9, 2018, Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Budget Act), Public Law 115-123, which included a requirement that the Secretary of Commerce, as delegated to the Assistant Administrator of the National Marine Fisheries Service, iss
Issued
03/15/2018
Final List of Fisheries for 2018
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) publishes its final List of Fisheries (LOF) for 2018, as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The LOF for 2018 reflects new information on interactions between commercial fisheries and marine ma
Effective
03/09/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: USFWS Eastern Massachussetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex Monitoring and Research (2018)
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during survey activities associated with the seabird and shorebird monitori
Published
03/06/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Bravo Wharf Recapitalization Project (Year 2, 2018), Jacksonville, FL
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast and Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic (the Navy) to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals d
Published
03/05/2018
Listing the Oceanic Whitetip Shark as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act
In response to a petition by Defenders of Wildlife, NOAA Fisheries issues a final rule to list the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharinus lonigmanus) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Effective
03/01/2018