All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Mariana Islands Training and Testing (MITT)
NOAA Fisheries, upon request from the U.S. Navy (Navy), 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 Mariana Islands…
- Letter of Authorization (pdf, 33 pages)
- Revised LOA Application (pdf, 325 pages)
- LOA Application (pdf, 318 pages)
- Monitoring and Reporting
- Notification and Reporting Plan (pdf, 4 pages)
- Biological Opinion
- Environmental Impact Statement
- Public Comments
- NRDC Comment Letter (pdf, 37 pages)
- References (pdf, 25 pages)
Effective
07/31/2020
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing (HSTT) (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 Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing (HSTT)…
- Final Rule for 2 Year Extension
- Proposed Rule for 2 Year Extension
- Notice of Receipt of Application for 2 Year Extension
- Final Rule
- Proposed Rule
- Notice of Receipt of Application for LOA
- LOA for Testing (pdf, 38 pages)
- LOA for Training (pdf, 38 pages)
- Application for Extension (pdf, 84 pages)
- LOA and Rule Application (pdf, 580 pages)
- Monitoring Reports (External Link)
- Environmental Impact Statement (External Link)
- Mitigation Addendum (pdf, 12 pages)
- Notification and Reporting Plan (pdf, 4 pages)
- Final Biological Opinion (pdf, 683 pages)
- Public Comments (External Link)
- References (pdf, 15 pages)
Published
07/10/2020
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)
- Draft Programmatic EA (pdf, 431 pages)
- Draft Programmatic EA Appendices (pdf, 138 pages)
- References (pdf, 12 pages)
- Proposed Rule Public Comments
- Marine Mammal Commission Proposed Rule Comments (pdf, 14 pages)
- Notice of Receipt Public Comments (pdf, 27 pages)
Effective
06/05/2020
Incidental Take Authorization: Scripps Institute of Oceanography Low-Energy Geophysical Survey in the South Atlantic Ocean
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO) to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during a low-energy marine geophysical survey in the South Atlantic…
Effective
11/03/2019
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
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: Oil and Gas Industry Geophysical Survey Activity in the Atlantic Ocean
In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NOAA Fisheries has issued incidental harassment authorizations (IHA) to five separate applicants to incidentally harass…
- 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)
Effective
11/30/2018
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: 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: 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