All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: University of Santa Cruz Rocky Intertidal Monitoring off California and Oregon
NOAA Fisheries has 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, incidenta
Effective
12/19/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Marine Geophysical Surveys in the Southwest Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to marine geophysical surveys in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.
Survey loca
Published
11/27/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Venoco, LLC, Fender Pile Replacement at Casitas Pier, Carpinteria, CA
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to Venoco, LLC, for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to fender pile replacement at Casitas Pier in Carpinteria, CA.
NOAA Fisheries received and granted a request from Venoco, LLC, (Venoco) and Chevron USA, In
Published
11/22/2017
Chinese River Dolphin 5-Year Review
Five-year review of the Chinese river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer), also called the Baiji or the Yangtze River dolphin, and its listing as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. 2017 evaluation concludes species is nearly, if not already, extinct.
Published
11/15/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Washington State DOT U.S. 101-Chehalis River Bridge Repair in Washington State
NMFS issued an IHA to the Washington State Department of Transportation for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to US 101/Chehalis River Bridge-Scour Repair in Washington State.
Published
11/01/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: FAA Biorka Island Dock Replacement Project, Sitka, Alaska
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to the Federal Aviation Administration for authorization under the MMPA to take marine mammals, incidental to construction associated with pile driving, removal, and drilling at Biorka Island, Sitka, Alaska.
Existing
Published
10/31/2017
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.
Survey locations
Published
10/25/2017
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
Published
10/20/2017
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
Effective
10/19/2017
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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Published
10/13/2017