All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Air Force 86 Fighter Weapons Squadron Long Range Strike Weapon Systems Evaluation Program, Kauai, Hawaii (2017
NOAA Fisheries has issued regulations under the MMPA for the taking of marine mammals incidental to Long Range Strike Weapons System Evaluation Program exercises off Kauai, Hawaii. These regulations allow NOAA Fisheries to issue a LOA to the U.S. Air
Published
08/22/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Subsea Cable Laying Operations in U.S. Arctic
NOAA Fisheries issued an IHA to Quintillion Subsea Operations LLC for authorization under the MMPA to take marine mammals, incidental to conducting subsea cable-laying and maintenance activities in the Beaufort, Bering, and Chukchi seas, during the open-w
Issued
08/16/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Deepwater Wind Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New York
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to Deepwater Wind, LLC, to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to high-resolution geophysical and geotechnical surveys associated with marine site characterization activities off the coast of New York in the are
Issued
07/13/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Training Activities in the Gulf of Alaska Temporary Maritime Activities Area (2017-2022)
Upon application from the U.S. Navy, NOAA Fisheries has issued regulations under the MMPA to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to the training activities conducted in the Gulf of Alaska Temporary Maritime Activities Study A
Published
04/27/2017
Incidental Take Authorization: Maine DOT Eastport Breakwater Project
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to the Maine Department of Transportation to take, by Level B harassment, small numbers of five species of marine mammals incidental to a breakwater replacement project in Eastport, Maine.
Published
03/14/2017
Port and Algonquin Pipeline Operation, Maintenance and Repair in Massachusetts Bay (2016-2017)
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, L.P. and Algonquin Gas Transmission, L.L.C. for authorization under the MMPA to take small numbers of 14 species of marine mammals.
Issued
11/22/2016
Incidental Take Authorization: NOAA Fisheries NEFSC Fisheries and Ecosystem Research Activities in the Atlantic Ocean
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources has issued an LOA and regulations under the MMPA to govern the unintentional take of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted by the NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fis
Published
08/11/2016
Incidental Take Authorization: Washington DOT Coupeville Timber Towers Preservation Project
In accordance with regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NOAA Fisheries has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to the Washington State Department of Transportation t
Published
03/29/2016
Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) (2015–2020)
NOAA Fisheries has issued regulations and Letters of Authorization (LOA) under the MMPA to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to training and testing activities conducted in the Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Study Area fr
Published
11/24/2015
Incidental Take Authorization: NOAA Fisheries SWFSC Fisheries and Ecosystem Research Activities in the Pacific Ocean
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources has issued an LOA and regulations under the MMPA to govern the unintentional take of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted by the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Sci
Published
09/30/2015