All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center Fisheries Research Activities
NOAA Fisheries' Office of Protected Resources (OPR), upon request from NOAA Fisheries' Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), issued regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted in the…
- Issued LOA (pdf, 18 pages)
- LOA Application (pdf, 223 pages)
- Notice of Receipt Public Comments (pdf, 27 pages)
- Proposed Rule Public Comments
- Marine Mammal Commission Proposed Rule Comments (pdf, 14 pages)
- Biological Opinion (pdf, 428 pages)
- Biological Opinion Amendment (pdf, 11 pages)
- Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) (pdf, 444 pages)
- Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) Appendices (pdf, 140 pages)
- Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) (pdf, 19 pages)
- References (pdf, 12 pages)
Effective
06/05/2020
Incidental Take Authorization: Oil and Gas Industry Geophysical Survey Activity in the Atlantic Ocean
In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act as amended, notification is hereby given that NOAA Fisheries has issued incidental harassment authorizations to five separate applicants to incidentally harass marine…
- Notice of Final IHAs
- Notice of Proposed IHAs
- Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period
- Notice of Receipt
- Media Release: Authorizations Issued for Marine Mammal Impacts from Atlantic Ge…
- Issued IHA: CGG (pdf, 18 pages)
- Issued IHA: ION GeoVentures (pdf, 18 pages)
- Request to Change Name from ION GeoVentures to GX Technology (pdf, 2 pages)
- Issued IHA: Spectrum Geo Inc. (pdf, 18 pages)
- Issued IHA: TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (pdf, 18 pages)
- Issued IHA: WesternGeco (pdf, 18 pages)
- Final Environmental Assessment (pdf, 98 pages)
- FONSI (pdf, 12 pages)
- Record of Decision (pdf, 10 pages)
- Biological Opinion (pdf, 396 pages)
- Public Comments received on Proposed IHAs (pdf, 710 pages)
- References Cited: Final IHAs (pdf, 44 pages)
- Public Comments received on IHA Applications and Notice of Receipt (pdf, 720 pa…
- IHA Application: CGG (pdf, 88 pages)
- IHA Application: ION GeoVentures (pdf, 219 pages)
- ION GeoVentures PAM Plan (pdf, 1 page)
- IHA Application: Spectrum Geo Inc. (pdf, 181 pages)
- Spectrum Geo Inc. PAM Plan (pdf, 4 pages)
- Application Modification: Spectrum Geo Inc. (pdf, 3 pages)
- IHA Application: TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (pdf, 206 pages)
- IHA Application: WesternGeco, LLC (pdf, 197 pages)
- Marine Mammal Core Area Maps (pdf, 71 pages)
Published
12/07/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) along Atlantic and Gulf Coasts (2018-2025)
NOAA Fisheries has issued regulations pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to govern the taking of marine mammals incidental to the training and testing activities conducted in the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) Study Area…
- Correction to Final Rule
- Notice of Final Rule for 2 Year Extension
- Notice of Proposed Rule for 2 Year Extension
- Notice of Receipt of Application for 2 Year Extension
- Notice of Final Rule
- Correction to Proposed Rule
- Notice of Proposed Rule
- Notice of Receipt of Application for LOA
- LOA for Testing (pdf, 40 pages)
- LOA for Training (pdf, 36 pages)
- Revised Application for Extension (pdf, 132 pages)
- References for Extension (pdf, 6 pages)
- Notification and Reporting Plan (pdf, 4 pages)
- Final Biological Opinion
- LOA Application (PDF, 560 pages)
- Environmental Impact Statement
- Monitoring and Reporting
- Ship Strike Analysis (PDF, 3 pages)
- Draft Notification and Reporting Plan (PDF, 4 pages)
Effective
11/14/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: United States Geological Survey Geophysical Survey in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to USGS to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during geophysical survey activities associated with a the USGS’s Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment …
Published
08/10/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Low-energy Marine Geophysical Survey in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Scripps Institution of Oceanography to incidentally harass, by Level B and Level A harassment, marine mammals during a low-energy marine geophysical survey in the Northwest Atlantic…
Published
06/15/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: NOAA Fisheries NEFSC Fisheries and Ecosystem Research Activities in the Atlantic 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 Northeast Fisheries…
- Issued LOA (pdf, 14 pages)
- LOA Application (pdf, 214 pages)
- LOA Application Addendum (2015) (pdf, 6 pages)
- References Cited (pdf, 21 pages)
- Public Comments (pdf, 12 pages)
- Programmatic Environmental Assessment (pdf, 375 pages)
- Programmatic Environmental Assessment Appendices (pdf, 304 pages)
- FONSI (pdf, 5 pages)
- Biological Opinion (pdf, 286 pages)
Effective
09/12/2016
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (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 Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) Study Area from November 2013 through…
- Issued LOA - Training
- Issued LOA - Testing
- Revised LOA Application [pdf, 337 pages]
- Original LOA Application [pdf, 335 pages]
- Navy Strategic Planning Process for Monitoring
- Integrated Comprehensive Monitoring Program [pdf, 73 pages]
- Stranding Response Plan [pdf, 13 pages]
- Press Release [pdf, 2 pages]
- EIS
- 2014 Monitoring Report [pdf, 27 pages]
- 2015 Monitoring Report
- 2016 Monitoring Report
Published
12/04/2013