All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Operations of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar (beginning in
OAA Fisheries, upon request from the U.S. Navy, issues these regulations pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act to govern the taking of marine mammals incidental to the use of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor Systems Low Frequency Active (SURTASS…
- Issued LOA (pdf, 19 pages)
- Amended Application November 2018 (pdf, 237 pages)
- LOA Application (pdf, 225 pages)
- References (pdf, 32 pages)
- Stranding Notification and Reporting Plan (pdf, 3 pages)
- Biological Opinion (pdf, 382 pages)
- EIS
- EIS Record of Decision (pdf, 20 pages)
- Public Comments on Proposed Rule (pdf, 72 pages)
- Harbor porpoise desktop study (see Publications Section)
- Public Comment on Notice of Receipt (pdf, 5 pages)
Effective
08/12/2019
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing (HSTT) (2018-2023)
NOAA Fisheries has received a request from the U.S. Navy (Navy) to extend the expiration date from December 2023 to December 2025 for Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) regulations authorizing the take of marine mammals incidental to Navy training and…
Effective
12/21/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Marine Geophysical Survey in the North Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (L-DEO) to incidentally take, by Level A and/or Level B harassment, marine mammals during a Marine Geophysical Survey in the…
Published
08/31/2018
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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Published
09/25/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Air Force 86 Fighter Weapons Squadron Long Range Strike Weapon Systems Evaluation Program, Kauai, Hawaii (2017
NOAA Fisheries has issued regulations under the MMPA for the taking of marine mammals incidental to Long Range Strike Weapons System Evaluation Program exercises off Kauai, Hawaii. These regulations allow NOAA Fisheries to issue a LOA to the U.S. Air…
Effective
08/21/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: NOAA Fisheries SWFSC Fisheries and Ecosystem Research Activities in the Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources has issued an LOA and regulations under the MMPA to govern the unintentional take of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted by the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries…
- Revised LOA - California Current Research Area (pdf, 10 pages)
- Issued LOA - Eastern Tropical Pacific Research Area (pdf, 7 pages)
- Issued LOA - California Current Research Area (pdf, 10 pages)
- Issued LOA - Antarctic Research Area (pdf, 7 pages)
- LOA Application (pdf, 210 pages)
- Monitoring Report 2019 (pdf, 13 pages)
- Monitoring Report 2018 (pdf, 13 pages)
- Monitoring Report 2017 (pdf, 13 pages)
- Monitoring Report (2015-2016) (pdf, 33 pages)
- Environmental Assessment (pdf, 307 pages)
- Environmental Assessment Appendices (pdf, 77 pages)
- FONSI (pdf, 4 pages)
- Environmental Assessment Adoption Memo (pdf, 5 pages)
- Biological Opinion (pdf, 279 pages)
- Comments Received on Proposed Rule (pdf, 10 pages)
- Comments Received on Notice of Receipt (pdf, 6 pages)
- References Cited (pdf, 29 pages)
Effective
10/30/2015
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Mariana Islands Training and Testing (MITT), South of Japan (2015-2020)
NOAA Fisheries has issued a Letter of Authorization (LOA) and regulations under the MMPA to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to training and testing activities conducted in the Mariana Islands Training and Testing (MITT)…
Effective
08/03/2015
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Hawaii Southern California Training and Testing (HSTT) (2013-2018)
NOAA Fisheries issued regulations under the MMPA to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to training and testing activities conducted in the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing (HSTT) Study Area from December 2013…
- Notice of Final Rule
- Notice of Correction to Final Rule
- Notice of Proposed Rule
- Notice of Receipt of Application for LOA
- Issued LOA - Testing
- Issued LOA - Training
- LOA Application [pdf, 290 pages]
- HSTT Monitoring Projects
- Navy Integrated Comprehensive Monitoring Program [pdf, 73 pages]
- Navy Strategic Planning Process for Monitoring
- Hawaii Stranding Response Plan [pdf, 12 pages]
- California Stranding Response Plan [pdf, 12 pages]
- Annual Testing Report Dec 2015 to Dec 2016 [pdf, 6 pages]
- Record of Decision (ROD) [pdf, 11 pages]
- Press Release [pdf, 2 pages]
- Biological Opinion (pdf, 457 pages)
- Notifications and Reports
Published
12/24/2013