Humpback Whale Results
Scoping for a Marine Mammal Take Reduction Team to Address Incidental Mortality and Serious Injury of Humpback Whale Stocks in the Pacific
NOAA Fisheries is establishing a Take Reduction Team (TRT) to address the incidental mortality and serious injury of humpback whales that would, at a minimum, consider Federal sablefish pot fishery interactions with the Central America/Southern Mexico…
Published
Final Rule to Close the Wedge Area within the Massachusetts Restricted Area* (not currently in effect)
*NOTE: On March 14, 2024, Judge Young of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2023, bars the Final Wedge Rule until December 31, 2028. The Court determined that the rule is …
Published
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Marine Geophysical Survey in the Puerto Rico Trench and slope of Puerto Rico
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory to incidentally harass marine mammals during a marine geophysical survey near Puerto Rico in the northwest Atlantic Ocean.
Effective