In response to a request from EPA Region 4, NOAA Fisheries has prepared a biological opinion on EPA’s proposal to approve diazinon, nonylphenol, and selenium water quality criteria for the state of Georgia.
These guidelines are intended to help solve problems with longitudinal connectivity for effective fish passage at road-stream crossings and other infrastructure that cross streams.
Read the letters sent by NOAA Fisheries to regional councils and management divisions detailing priorities to reduce burdens on domestic fishing and increase seafood production.
Final analysis on revising regulations to standardize the time limit in which trawl catcher/processors (C/Ps) must assign a management program to each haul.
This opinion considers the effects of in-water pile driving of steel piles and mooring dolphins in marine waters, construction vessel traffic, and support operations.