All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Marine Geophysical Survey in the Aleutian Islands
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (L-DEO) to incidentally harass marine mammals during a marine geophysical survey in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
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Effective
09/01/2020
Incidental Take Authorization: NOAA Fisheries AFSC Fisheries and Ecosystem Research Activities in Pacific and Arctic Oceans
NOAA Fisheries' Office of Protected Resources hereby issues regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted in multiple specified geographical regions over the course of five years. These…
- Notice of Issuance of LOA
- Final Rule (84 FR 46788, 09/05/2019)
- Notice of Receipt of LOA Application (82 FR 43223, 09/14/2017)
- Proposed Rule (83 FR 37638, 08/01/2018)
- Issued LOA (pdf, 13 pages)
- LOA Application (pdf, 197 pages)
- LOA Application Appendices (pdf, 185 pages)
- Public Comments Received on Proposed Rule (pdf, 10 pages)
- Final Programmatic EA
- Public Comments on Notice of Receipt of LOA Application (pdf, 9 pages)
- FONSI (pdf, 8 pages)
- Biological Opinion
- References (pdf, 21 pages)
Effective
10/07/2019
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: Marine Geophysical Survey in the Gulf of Alaska
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (L-DEO) to incidentally harass, by Level A and Level B harassment, marine mammals during seismic airgun activities…
Published
06/12/2019
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: NOAA Fisheries NWFSC Fisheries and Ecosystem Research Activities in the Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries, upon request of NOAA Fisheries' Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), hereby issues regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted in the Pacific Ocean over the course of…
- Final Rule
- Notice of Proposed Rule
- Notice of Receipt of Application for LOA
- Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment
- Issued LOA (pdf, 12 pages)
- LOA Application (pdf, 206 pages)
- References cited (pdf, 25 pages)
- Programmatic EA (pdf, 415 pages)
- FONSI (pdf, 5 pages)
- Comments Received on Notice of Receipt (pdf, 6 pages)
- Biological Opinion (pdf, 324 pages)
- Comments Received on Proposed Rule (pdf, 7 pages)
- 2018 Monitoring Report (pdf, 3 pages)
- 2020 Monitoring Report (pdf, 1page)
Effective
08/27/2018
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Training Activities in the Gulf of Alaska Temporary Maritime Activities Area (2017-2022)
Upon application from the U.S. Navy, NOAA Fisheries has issued regulations under the MMPA to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to the training activities conducted in the Gulf of Alaska Temporary Maritime Activities Study Area…
Effective
04/26/2017
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 to govern the unintentional take of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted by the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC…
- 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)
Published
09/30/2015