Protected Resources Regulations & Actions

NOAA Fisheries, in an effort to increase preparedness for wildlife response under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, has drafted guidelines for marine mammal response in disaster situations in Cook Inlet and Kodiak, Alaska entitled "Cook Inlet & Kodiak

NOAA Fisheriescompleted a review of the status of eastern North Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) in Iliamna Lake, Alaska, in response to a petition to list these seals as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Based on

NOAA Fisheries will hold two public workshops to solicit input from stakeholders regarding our advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on potential management measures to protect glacially-associated harbor seal habitats in Alaska. During the

On August 26, 2002, NOAA Fisheries announced that new information is available that indicates fine-scaled stock structure of harbor seals in Alaska. NOAA Fisheries invited the public to submit additional information or viewpoints related to harbor seal