U.S. fisheries are classified under the Marine Mammal Protection Act according to the level of interactions that result in incidental mortality or serious injury of marine mammals.

This opinion considers the effects of all in-water activities including vessel transit of materials and construction barges, instillation of steel H piles and pipe-combi-wall system, and excavation for the new engineered revetment along the western shorel

Biological and Conference Opinion on the Issuance of Scientific Research Permit Nos. 20648 to Dr. Heidi Pearson for Research on Marine Mammals in the Gulf of Alaska and Southeast Alaska, 21482 to Dr. Dan Engelhaupt, HDR, Inc. for Research on Marine Mammal

NOAA Fisheries Alaska Region's biological opinion on the proposed actions and their effects on endangered and threatened species and designated critical habitat for those species in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas, Alaska.

Biological opinion on the proposed actions concerning Subsea Fiber Optic Cable-laying Activities in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas, Alaska, and their effects on endangered and threatened species and designated critical habitat for those species.

The Gordon Gunter crew wraps up the second leg of the Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution on Marine Mammals and Seabirds.

Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion for NMFS, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division Maritime Administration Lutak Dock Replacement Project, Haines, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2023-00031

U.S. fisheries are classified under the Marine Mammal Protection Act according to the level of interactions that result in incidental mortality or serious injury of marine mammals.

On the next few days of the Vessel Survey for Abundance and Distribution of Marine Mammals and Seabirds, the skies put on a show while some animals proved difficult to identify.

U.S. fisheries are classified under the Marine Mammal Protection Act according to the level of interactions that result in incidental mortality or serious injury of marine mammals.

Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion for NMFS, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division Eareckson Air Station Long term Fuel Pier Repairs, Shemya Island, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2023-02892

Press releases and news articles from the Southwest Fisheries Science Center’s Marine Mammal and Turtle Division.

Join the voyage as scientists explore the Gulf of Mexico collecting data on marine mammals and seabirds.

An origin story: The beginning of marine mammal acoustic studies at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species. Scientists take to the sky and sea to collect data used to conserve several marine species in our region.