All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: Cruise Terminal Improvement Project in the Port of Long Beach, CA
NOAA Fisheries has received a request from Carnival Corporation & PLC (Carnival) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to the Port of Long Beach Cruise Terminal Improvement Project in Port of Long Beach, California. Pursuant to the
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11/12/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: Low-Energy Geophysical Survey in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO) to incidentally harass, by Level A and Level B harassment, marine mammals during a low-energy marine geophysical survey in the Southwest
Effective
09/12/2019
Permit Application to Import 3 Bottlenose Dolphins (File No. 22686, Chicago Zoological Society)
The Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield Zoo (Bill Zeigler, Responsible Party) has applied for a permit to import three bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) for public display. Up to three captive born bottlenose dolphins would be imported from
Published
03/19/2019
Findings on a Petition To List Bottlenose Dolphin in Fiorland, New Zealand Under the ESA
We, NMFS, announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) within Fiordland, New Zealand as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Based on our review of the best scientific and
06/19/2015
Amendment of Virginia Pound Net Regulations
NOAA Fisheries issues this final rule amending the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan (BDTRP) and its implementing regulations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The rule requires the year-round use of modified pound net leaders for
Effective
Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan
NMFS issues this final rule to implement regulatory and non-regulatory management measures to reduce the incidental mortality and serious injury (bycatch) of the western North Atlantic coastal bottlenose dolphin stock (dolphin) (Tursiops truncatus) in the
05/26/2006
Depleted Designation for Western North Atlantic Coastal Migratory Stock of Bottlenose Dolphins
NMFS designates the coastal migratory stock of bottlenose dolphins along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast as depleted under the Marine Mammal ProtectionAct (MMPA). This action is required by the MMPA when a species or population stock is determined to have
05/06/1993