Incidental Take Authorization: NOAA Fisheries SWFSC Fisheries and Ecosystem Research Activities in the Pacific Ocean
Summary
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) in the California Current Research Area (off the U.S. west coast), the Eastern Tropical Pacific Research Area, and the Antarctic Research Area (in the Antarctic Scotia Sea) over the course of five years from the date of issuance.
Map of research areas
Federal Register
Supporting Materials
- 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)