All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Geophysical Survey of the Queen Charlotte Fault
Incidental Take Authorization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Geophysical Survey of the Queen Charlotte Fault
Published
07/15/2021
Incidental Take Authorization: Sentinel Island Moorage Float Project, Juneau, Alaska
Incidental Take Authorization: Sentinel Island Moorage Float Project, Juneau, Alaska
Effective
07/15/2021
90-day Finding on a Petition to List Pacific Harbor Seals
NOAA Fisheries concluded in 2016 that listing the harbor seals in Iliamna Lake under the Endangered Species Act was not warranted. We subsequently came to the same conclusion on a 2020 petition. All seals are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Published
06/29/2021
Negligible Impact Determinations and MMPA Section 101(a)(5)(E) Authorization for Commercial Fisheries
NOAA Fisheries is issuing permits to authorize the incidental, but not intentional, take of specific Endangered Species Act listed marine mammal species or stocks under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Effective
05/06/2021
Incidental Take Authorization: Old Sitka Dock North Dolphins Expansion Project in Sitka, Alaska
Incidental Take Authorization: Old Sitka Dock North Dolphins Expansion in Sitka, Alaska
Published
04/28/2021
Final Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for the Central America, Mexico, and Western North Pacific Distinct Population Segments of Humpback Whales
Critical habitat for the endangered Western North Pacific distinct population segment (DPS), the endangered Central America DPS, and the threatened Mexico DPS of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
Published
04/21/2021
5-Year Review for the Beringia and Okhotsk Distinct Population Segments of the Bearded Seal
NOAA Fisheries announces its intent to conduct a 5-year review of the threatened Beringia and Okhotsk distinct population segments (DPSs) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies.
Published
03/22/2021
Initiation of a 5-Year Review for the Arctic, Okhotsk, Baltic, and Ladoga Subspecies of the Ringed Seal
NMFS announces its intent to conduct a 5-year review of the threatened Arctic (Pusa hispida hispida), Okhotsk (Pusa hispida ochotensis), Baltic (Pusa hispida botnica), and endangered Ladoga (Pusa hispida ladogensis) subspecies of the ringed seal.
Published
01/15/2021
Incidental Take Authorization: Erickson Residence Marine Access Project, Auke Bay, Alaska
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to Jim Erickson for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to the Erickson Residence Marine Access Project in Juneau, Alaska.
Project Location
Effective
01/01/2021
Incidental Take Authorization: Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Liquefied Natural Gas Construction in Cook Inlet, Alaska
NOAA Fisheries has received a request from the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to Alaska LNG Project in Cook Inlet, over the course of five years (2020-2025). Pursuant to the Marine Mammal
Effective
01/01/2021