Application from Allyson Hindle to receive, import, and export marine mammal parts for research.
National Marine Fisheries Service
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2025 Marine Mammal Commission Letters and Agency Responses
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Proposed rule for the U.S. Navy to take marine mammals incidental to conducting training and testing activities in the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing study area.
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Application from Alaska Whale Foundation to amend permit #26663 to conduct research on cetaceans in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not available yet.
National Marine Fisheries Service’s draft options for identifying Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOAs) in Alaska state waters.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not available yet.
Application from Jacob Steinberg to film marine mammals along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not available yet.
Application from Kaitlin Allen to import, export, and receive marine mammal parts for research.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not available yet.
Application from Daniel Costa to conduct research on California sea lions.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not available yet.
Application from Charted Marine Consulting to conduct research on bottlenose dolphins in Texas.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Draft 2025 Stock Assessment Reports letter.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Not available yet.
Amendment application from Janice Straley to conduct research on cetaceans in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Clearwater Marine Aquarium to import up to five adult male bottlenose dolphins from Attica Zoological Park in Greece for public display.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not available yet.
Amendment to separately list the subspecies of the Florida and Antillean Manatees and uplist the Antillean Manatee from threatened to endangered.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Not available yet.
Application from SeaWorld, LLC to conduct research and enhancement activities on a non-releasable Cook Inlet beluga whale.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not available yet.
Amendment application from Heather Liwanag to conduct research on elephant seals in California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the Seattle Aquarium to conduct research on northern sea otters in Washington.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from Ben Hamilton to film northern sea otters in Alaska.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from the Waikiki Aquarium to conduct enhancement activities on captive Hawaiian monk seals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not available yet.
Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for training and research, development, test, and evaluation activities conducted within the Hawaii-California Training and Testing study area.
U.S. Navy
Not available yet.
Application from Leslie Hart to receive, import, and export marine mammal parts for research.
National Marine Fisheries Service