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Pumpkin Carving Stencils for Ocean Lovers

Wow your neighbors with our eerie-sistibly fa-boo-lous ocean-inspired jack-o’-lantern stencils.
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Marine Mammal Take Reduction Plans and Teams

Learn more about the importance of take reduction plans and teams in NOAA Fisheries' efforts to steward national marine resources.

Letter of Determination for Protected Species Parts and Products

A Letter of Determination allows you to possess, import, export, and sell (in certain circumstances) protected species parts or products.
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Frequent Questions—Marine Mammal Euthanasia

Marine mammals that strand alive cannot always be saved. Trained and authorized professionals may euthanize the animals to relieve their pain and suffering.

Frequent Questions: Dolphin-Safe Requirements for the American Samoa Longline Fishery

Dolphin-safe tuna regulations are applicable to all fisheries, including longline fisheries in American Samoa. These questions were prepared jointly by the NOAA Fisheries Tuna Tracking and Verification Program, the NOAA Fisheries American Samoa Longline O

A Quiet Place (in the Gulf of Mexico)

The Gordon Gunter crew begins the third and final leg of the Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds.
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Appendices to the MMHSRP Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

The National Marine Fisheries Service, Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program has prepared a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. The appendices provide supplemental information to the draft document.
Image: NOAA Scientists Collecting Information to Restore Marine Mammals and Seabirds in the Gulf of Mexico