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Application from the St. George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society to take marine mammals incidental to aircraft operations, restoration and maintenance activities, and tour operations at the St. George Reef Light Station on Northwest Seal Rock off the coast of Crescent City, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Proposed creation of hard caps on the take of sperm, fin, humpback, and short-finned pilot whales, and bottlenose dolphins in the CA/OR Drift Gillnet Fishery.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Application from Ann Pabst to conduct research activities on cetaceans in the western North Atlantic Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from BBC to conduct filming activities on southern sea otters in California.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from Alaska Department of Fish and Game to conduct research activities on harbor seals in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from David Johnston to conduct research activities on killer and minke whales in Antarctica.
National Science Foundation
Application from North Slope Borough to conduct research activities on polar bears and walruses in Alaska.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from Joseph Wilson to conduct filming activities on killer and minke whales in Antarctica.
National Science Foundation
Application from John Durban to conduct research on cetaceans in Antarctica.
National Science Foundation
Application from Excelerate Energy, L.P. and TetraTech, Inc. on behalf of Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, L.P. and Algonquin Gas Transmission L.L.C. to take marine mammals incidental to operation, maintenance, and repair of the Northeast Gateway liquefied natural gas port and the Algonquin Pipeline Lateral facilities in Massachusetts Bay.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the U.S. Air Force to take marine mammals incidental to conducting maritime weapon systems evaluation program activities at Eglin Air Force Base off Florida.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Tamara McGuire to amend her permit to conduct research activities on beluga whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Application from the City of Kodiak Port and Harbors to take marine mammals incidental to replacement of a transient float in Kodiak, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Joseph Wilson to conduct filming activities on killer and minke whales in Antarctica.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Proposal to list the North Island subspecies of Hector’s dolphin (the Māui dolphin) as endangered and the South Island subspecies of Hector’s dolphin as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Draft programmatic environmental impact statement regarding proposed geological and geophysical activities on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Application from James Harvey to conduct research on cetaceans in California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Application for Exempted Fishing Permit to test deep-set swordfish buoy gear off the U.S. West Coast.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Application from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District to take marine mammals incidental to rehabilitation of a jetty system in Oregon and Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Interim final regulations to prohibit approaching humpback whales in Hawaii.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Application from Southwest Fisheries Science Center to conduct research on pinnipeds in Antarctica.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from SMRU Consulting North America, LLC, to conduct research on marine mammals in waters off Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Rachel Cartwright to amend her permit to conduct research activities on cetaceans in Hawaii, California, and Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Proposed regulations to prohibit swimming with and approaching Hawaiian spinner dolphins.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Commenting on a Canadian Action Plan to reduce entanglements of North Atlantic right whales and possible useful measures to mitigate right whale deaths and injuries from fishery interactions.
Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Not yet available.
The Draft Road Map to outline their national implementation strategy for their ecosystem-based fisheries management agency policy.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Not yet available.
Application from California Department of Fish and Wildlife-Central Region to take marine mammals incidental to construction activities in association with a tidal marsh restoration project in Elkhorn Slough, California.
National Marine Mammal Commission
Not yet available.
Comments on RESTORE Act Draft Comprehensive Plan Update 2016 for the Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
Not yet available.
Application from U.S. Geological Survey to amend its permit to conduct research on captive polar bears.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Not yet available.
Application from U.S. Navy to conduct a waterfront restoration project at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active sonar.
U. S. Navy
Not yet available.
Application from George Watters to conduct research on pinnipeds in Antarctica and the South Shetland Islands.
National Science Foundation
Application from Craig Matkin to conduct research on cetaceans in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Scott Kraus to conduct research on North Atlantic right whales in the western North Atlantic Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the Center for Coastal Studies to conduct research on North Atlantic right whales in waters off New England.
National Marine Fisheries Service
2017 List of Fisheries.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Neptune LNG LLC to take marine mammals incidental to maintenance, repair, and decommissioning activities at its liquefied natural gas Deepwater port off the coast of Massachusetts.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Environmental impact statement for Lease Sale 244 within the Cook Inlet, Alaska, Outer Continental Shelf planning area.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Proposed time area closures for black sea bass pot fishing in the Southeastern United States to protect North Atlantic whales
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from SeaWorld, LLC, to take one non-releasable male Pacific walrus for the purpose of public display.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to take marine mammals incidental to reconstruction of the ferry terminal in Gustavus, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Stephen Trumble to import, possess, and receive samples from cetaceans.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Chicago Zoological Society to import, receive, possess, and export samples from Peruvian fur seals and South American sea lions.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from University of California Santa Cruz to import, receive, and possess samples from polar bears.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services
Not yet available.
Application from U.S. Navy to take marine mammals incidental to demolition and replacement of the fuel pier at Naval Base Pt. Loma in California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Janice Straley to conduct research on cetaceans in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Passion Planet to film northern sea otters in Washington.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Not yet available.
Application from California Department of Transportation to take marine mammals incidental to conducting dismantling and demolition activities associated with replacement of the east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from BBC Natural History Unit to film marine mammals in California during a one-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Allyson Hindle to modify her permit to conduct research on Weddell seals in Antarctica.
National Science Foundation
Application from U.S. Air Force to take marine mammals incidental to conducting long range strike weapon systems evaluation program activities at the Pacific Missile Range Facility off Kauai, Hawaii.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Environmental assessment for commercial wind lease issuance and site assessment activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf off New York.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Not yet available.
Application from BlueCrest Alaska Operating, LLC to take marine mammals incidental to conducting oil and gas exploration activities in Cook Inlet, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Response to Service actions regarding the June 2016 polar bear meeting and Alaska Nanuuq Commission.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Not yet available.
90-day finding on a petition to list the Taiwanese humpback dolphin as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Application from Alaska Oil and Gas Association seeking authorization to take polar bears and walruses incidental to oil and gas operations in the Beaufort Sea, Alaska.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from Aleut Community of St. Paul to conduct research on pinnipeds in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from St. George Traditional Council to conduct research on pinnipeds in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from SeaWorld LLC to permanently maintain up to six non-releasable Guadalupe fur seals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Application from Quintillion Subsea Operation, LLC, to take walruses incidental to subsea cable-laying activities in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Application from Laura Graham to conduct research on captive polar bears.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from the Northwest Fisheries Science Center to take marine mammals incidental to fisheries research activities in the Pacific Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Fairweather, LLC to take marine mammals incidental to anchor-retrieval activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority to take marine mammals incidental to ferry terminal expansion and renovations in San Francisco, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Program for 2017–2022 and associated Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Application from Living Planet Productions/Silverback Films to conduct filming activities on bottlenose dolphins in Florida.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from BlueCrest Alaska Operating, LLC to take northern sea otters incidental to conducting oil and gas exploration activities in Cook Inlet, Alaska.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Not yet available.
Proposed rule to designate the Sakhalin Bay-Nikolaya Bay-Amur River stock of beluga whales as depleted.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to receive, possess, import, and export samples from marine mammals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the Service’s Office of Science and Technology to conduct research on marine mammals off California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Paul Ponganis to conduct research on California sea lions in California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the Municipality of Skagway to take marine mammals incidental to reconstruction of the ore terminal in Skagway Harbor, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Application from Silverback Films to film southern sea otters in California.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from Deepwater Wind Block Island, LLC to take marine mammals incidental to cable-laying operations for the Block Island Wind farm off Rhode Island.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Randall Davis to conduct research on northern sea otters in Alaska.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington seeking authority for lethal removals of predatory California sea lions at Bonneville Dam.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Proposed rule to amend its regulations implementing the Animal Welfare Act as they pertain to marine mammals.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Not yet available.
Application from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory to take marine mammals incidental to conducting three marine geophysical surveys in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from DONG Energy Massachusetts LLC to take marine mammals incidental to geophysical and geotechnical surveys off Massachusetts.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from BBC to amend its permit to film southern sea otters in California and northern sea otters in Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Information on the Indus River dolphin for use in a 5-year review of the species’ status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Proposed rule for standardized bycatch reporting methodology.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Space Explorations Technology Corporation to take marine mammals incidental to conducting rocket recovery activities at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Interim final rule to enhance documentation and captain training requirements associated with the dolphin-safe label on tuna products.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Port of Kalama to take marine mammals incidental to construction of the Kalama Manufacturing and Marine Export Facility on the Columbia River in Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Jim Darling to conduct research on cetaceans in Hawaii and Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Draft monitoring plan for nine distinct population segments of the humpback whale not listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Final Report on the Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study.
U.S. Coast Guard
Not yet available.
Application from U.S. Navy to take marine mammals incidental to conducting construction activities in Port Angeles, Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the City of San Diego to take marine mammals incidental to conducting a sand quality survey at the Children’s Pool in La Jolla, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Proposed reclassification of the West Indian manatee from endangered to threatened.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from California State University, Bakersfield to conduct research on pinnipeds held at rehabilitation facilities in California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC, to take marine mammals incidental to conducting cable-laying activities in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Glacier Bay National Park to take marine mammals incidental to conducting seabird surveys in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Draft environmental assessment for the issuance of annual incidental take authorizations for oil and gas activities in 2016 in Cook Inlet, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Application from Point Blue Conservation Science to take marine mammals incidental to conducting seabird research activities in California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Proposed rule on the Seafood Monitoring Program.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
A revision to the revised draft guidance regarding the acoustic thresholds for activities causing an onset permanent threshold shift and temporary threshold shift for marine mammal species under the Service’s jurisdiction.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Marine Stewardship Council’s Public Comment Draft Report addressing Certification Requirements for the Northeastern Tropical Pacific purse seine tuna fishery of Mexico.
SCS Global Services
Not yet available.
Application from Evin Hildebrandt to receive, possess, and create cell lines from cetaceans.
National Fisheries Service
Application from Pam Miller to receive, possess, and export samples from marine mammals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC to take marine mammals incidental to geophysical and geotechnical survey in Cook Inlet, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Application from the Navy to take marine mammals incidental to training activities to be conducted within the Temporary Maritime Activities Area in the Gulf of Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Sonoma County Water Authority to take marine mammals incidental to construction and maintenance activities in association with estuary management activities at the Russian River near Jenner, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from National Marine Mammal Laboratory to conduct research on pinnipeds in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Alaska Department of Fish and Game to amend its permit to conduct research activities on Steller sea lions in Alaska
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Anthony Pagano to conduct research on captive polar bears.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from Washington State Department of Transportation to take marine mammals incidental to upgrading the Coupeville Ferry Terminal on Whidbey Island, Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the Indianapolis Zoo to take one non-releasable male Pacific walrus for the purpose of public display.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Proposed resolutions, decisions, and agenda items being considered for the Conference of Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from Ann Zoidis to conduct research on cetaceans in Hawaii and the Mariana Islands.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Notice of intent to prepare an environmental assessment and call for information and nominations for commercial wind leasing and site assessment activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf offshore South Carolina.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Not yet available.
Request for comments on the incidental taking of five endangered or threatened populations of marine mammals in various Bering Sea and Aleutian Island trawl and longline fisheries in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Port of Anchorage to take marine mammals incidental to a test pile program in Anchorage, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from UniSea, Inc., to take marine mammals incidental to dock construction activities in Unalaska, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Please note that Agency responses can be found in Appendix A of the Commission’s 2010-2011 annual report.
Request from Terrie Williams, Ph.D., for amendment of an existing permit.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to construction on the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft environmental assessment for a marine geophysical survey off Costa Rica.
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for authorization to conduct research on North Atlantic right whales.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Scott D. Kraus, Ph.D., New England Aquarium, to conduct research on North Atlantic right whales.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from ABR, Inc. Environmental Research and Services for authorization to take by harassment 11 species of marine mammals in Alaska waters.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed creation of a research area within the sanctuary for purposes of comparative ecosystem research.
Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary
See notation at top of page.
Interim final rule on increased safety measures for energy development on the outer continental shelf.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Northwest Fisheries Science Center to amend an existing permit.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Petition to designate the eastern North Pacific population of gray whales as depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft supplemental environmental impact statement for the Chukchi Sea Planning Area Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement
See notation at top of page.
Draft programmatic environmental impact statement on Foundation-supported marine seismic research.
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Proposed authorization to take certain endangered and threatened stocks of marine mammals incidental to Alaska groundfish fisheries.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Navy for authorization to take gray whales, bottlenose dolphins, California sea lions, and harbor seals incidental to military training operations at the Silver Strand Training Complex, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from O. Lyamin, University of California at Los Angeles, for authorization to import brain samples from fur seals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Navy for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals incidental to military training operations in the Gulf of Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Intent to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement on possible new recovery actions for Hawaiian monk seals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Air Force for authorization to take small numbers of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins incidental to military training operations in the Gulf of Mexico.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Review of categorical exclusions for outer continental shelf decisions.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement
See notation at top of page.
Request from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for renewal and amendment of an existing permit.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft 2010 stock assessment reports for marine mammals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Implementation of the Endangered Species Act.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
U.S. Department of Energy
See notation at top of page.
Request from Randall S. Wells, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct research on bottlenose dolphins off Florida.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Gulf Coast Restoration Task Force.
Environmental Protection Agency
See notation at top of page.
Request from Indianapolis Zoological Society, Inc., for authorization to maintain a juvenile male walrus.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Service’s Marine Mammals Management Office for renewal and amendment of an existing permit involving polar bears.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Restoration Center for authorization to take harbor seals incidental to construction activities in Monterey County, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request to revise the U.S. Navy’s letter of authorization regarding missile launches at San Nicolas Island, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Review of management plan for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.
National Ocean Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Thomas Postel for authorization to harass up 100 Florida manatees during filming activities in Blue Spring State Park, Florida.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
National Climate Assessment
U.S. Global Change Research Program
See notation at top of page.
Request from Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to construction of the Knik Arm Bridge, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Paul Ponganis, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct research on leopard seals in Antarctica.
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Request from George Church, Ph.D., for authorization to acquire and maintain cells from stranded bowhead whales.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to a marine seismic survey in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from James T. Harvey, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct research on blue, fin, humpback, and gray whales and to take six other marine mammal species by incidental harassment off California, Oregon, and Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Iskande Larkin, Ph.D., for renewal and amendment of an existing permit involving West Indian manatees.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Daniel P. Costa, Ph.D., to modify an existing permit involving Weddell seals.
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Request from Pennsylvania State University for authorization to import blood samples from polar bears taken in Norway.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Priorities for ocean pollution research.
U.S. Coast Guard
See notation at top of page.
Draft biological opinion for the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries section 7 consultation.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Washington State Department of Natural Resources for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to removal of pilings and structures in Puget Sound.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Gregory D. Bossart, V.M.D., for amendment of an existing permit involving bottlenose dolphins.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., to amend an existing permit involving manatees.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Advance notice of proposed rulemaking concerning imports of fish and fish products.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from U.S. Geological Survey to amend an existing permit involving polar bears.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the List of Fisheries for 2011.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the North Slope Borough for amendment of an existing permit involving polar bears.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Vince Bacalan, American University, for authorization to obtain samples of manatee skeletal material.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Seattle Aquarium for authorization to import tissue samples from northern sea otters.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Restoration Center to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to construction activities in Monterey County, California.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Exploratorium for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to pile driving activities in San Francisco, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
The U.S. Navy’s Integrated Comprehensive Monitoring Program.
U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations
See notation at top of page.
Draft Next-Generation Strategic Plan.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
Need for consultation with Alaska Natives on activities that may affect them.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
Request from SeaWorld, LLC, for authorization to import one male short-finned pilot whale.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Bluewater Wind LLC for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to pile- driving activities off Delaware and New Jersey.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, LLC, for renewal of an existing incidental harassment authorization.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Geological Survey for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a marine seismic survey in the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Daniel P. Costa, Ph.D., for amendment of an existing permit involving crabeater, Weddell, and Ross seals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
U.S. Navy’s revised draft marine mammal monitoring plan for missile launch activities on San Nicolas Island, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from James T. Harvey, Ph.D., for amendment of an existing permit involving harbor seals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Bruce Mate, Ph.D., for authorization to take gray whales by deliberate harassment and six other marine mammal species by incidental harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Native involvement in co-management efforts in Alaska.
Association of Village Council Presidents
See notation at top of page.
Request from the National Museum of Natural History to collect, import, export and possess salvaged specimens from all species of marine mammals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Michael Adkesson, D.V.M., Chicago Zoological Society, to import and possess samples collected from South American fur seals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft Arctic Vision and Strategy document.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
Request from Peter Tyack, Ph.D., to amend an existing permit authorizing research on non-threatened, non-endangered cetaceans.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Statoil USA E&P for authorization to harass marine mammals incidental to a marine seismic survey in the Chukchi Sea.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Colleen Reichmuth, Ph.D., to amend an existing permit authorizing research on impacts of human sound on marine mammals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Terrie Williams, Ph.D., to amend an existing research permit.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Institute for Marine Mammal Science to acquire stranded California sea lions for public display.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County for renewal of an existing permit.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Alaska Department of Transportation and Aleutians East Borough for authorization to harass northern sea otters.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Alaska Science Center, USGS, to amend an existing permit.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Marine Corps for authorization to harass marine mammals incidental to training exercises at the Cherry Point Range Complex.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Five-year review of population status of southern resident killer whales.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for the Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program, 2012–2017.
Minerals Management Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft environmental impact statement on proposed management alternatives for the American lobster fishery in U.S. waters.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permits for oil-spill related marine mammal research in the Gulf of Mexico.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Efforts to recover the Cook Inlet beluga whale population.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Shell Offshore Inc. for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Efforts to prevent the extinction of the Hawaiian monk seal and to conserve cetaceans in the North Pacific Ocean.
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Request from Neptune LNG LLC for authorization to take marine mammals, including the North Atlantic right whale, by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft environmental impact statement on proposed resumption of year-round firing opportunities at Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Department of the Army
See notation at top of page.
Request from National Marine Mammal Laboratory to take marine mammals by harassment, various locations.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from University of Florida to acquire, import, export and maintain sample parts from cetaceans and pinnipeds.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Georgia Aquarium to import captive-born bottlenose dolphins from the Bahamas and Bermuda.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Chicago Zoological Society to import two captive bottlenose dolphins from Bermuda.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Protection of spinner dolphins in the Hawaiian archipelago.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Information collection requirements related to marine mammal stranding program.
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Information collection requirements related to the incidental take of marine mammals.
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Guidelines for safely deterring polar bears.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Shell Offshore, Inc., for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Daniel Costa, Ph.D., for authorization to harass northern elephant seals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game for authorization to take cetaceans by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Development of a national aquaculture policy.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
Agency responsibilities for cetacean research and management in the Pacific Islands region.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Agency involvement in Hawaiian monk recovery in the Kalaupapa National Historical Park.
National Park Service
See notation at top of page.
Agency responsibilities for Hawaiian monk seal recovery efforts.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Agency involvement with the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
Agency contributions to Hawaiian monk seal recovery efforts.
Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources
See notation at top of page.
Agency contributions to Hawaiian monk seal recovery efforts.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Coast Guard contributions to Hawaiian monk seal recovery efforts.
U.S. Coast Guard
See notation at top of page.
Request from B. Woodward for authorization to take cetaceans by harassment during development and testing of tagging devices.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Preliminary revised 5-year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2007–2010.
Minerals Management Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Sea World of Texas for authorization to import a male beluga whale from the Vancouver Aquarium.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Louisville Zoo for authorization to import a female South African fur seal from the Toronto Zoo.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Sea Studios Foundation for authorization to take by Level B harassment up to 15 southern sea otters during filming activities.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Daniel Costa, Ph.D., to amend a scientific research permit to study northern elephant seals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Continued development of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System.
U.S. Geological Survey
See notation at top of page.
Request from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory for authorization to continue research on seals in northern oceans.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Robert Rockwell for authorization to import hair and scat samples from Canadian polar bears.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Service’s Boguerón, Puerto Rico, office for authorization to rescue, rehabilitate, and release Antillean manatees in Puerto Rico.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Reestablishment of Florida Manatee Recovery Team and warm-water task force.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Continuation of reporting requirements involving import/export of fishing, wildlife, and plants.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit and notification requirements related to the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
Office of Management and Budget
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Washington State Department of Transportation for authorization to take various species of seals incidental to replacing the Manette Bridge in Bremerton.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Revision of an earlier permit request from NMFS Office of Science and Technology for authorization to conduct research on cetaceans.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Andrew Read, Ph.D., for amendment of existing permit involving tagging beaked whales in the Southern Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Paul Ponganis, Ph.D., for authorization to harass leopard seals during research on prey intake rates.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement on the effects of oil and gas activities in the Arctic Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Establishment and application of categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Council on Environmental Quality
See notation at top of page.
Request from Florida Atlantic University for authorization to harass cetaceans during surveys in the Straits of Florida and Gulf Stream Current.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from FWS Jacksonville (FL) field office for renewal of an enhancement permit involving Florida manatees.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Support for a resolution to develop public service announcements for use on commercial flights to Hawaii on importance of protecting the Hawaiian monk seal.
Hawaii State Senate
See notation at top of page.
Request from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for authorization to harass marine mammals incidental to seismic surveys off the Northern Mariana Islands.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Notice of intent to prepare a recovery plan for the Cook Inlet beluga whale.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from NMFS Alaska Region for authorization of take of northern fur seals incidental to repairing research towers on St. Paul Island, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposal to authorize three-year incidental take of humpback whales in Hawaii-based longline fisheries..
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Continuation of reporting requirements regarding interactions between southern sea otters and the Pacific sardine fishery.
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Proposed survey of public perceptions and attitudes about Hawaiian monk seals.
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Proposal rule to revise and add guidelines for scientific peer review pursuant to National Standard 2 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from the National Marine Fisheries Service to reduce shark predation on monk seas pups at French Frigate Shoals by the lethal removal of up to 20 Galapagos sharks.
Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources
See notation at top of page.
Continuation of reporting requirements under the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act.
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Proposed issuance of an exempted fishing permit to test fixed fishing gear for lobsters.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule to restrict entry into U.S. ports by vessels that engage in illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposal to survey visitors to national wildlife refuges to gather information on use.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed designation of critical habitat for the endangered Cook Inlet (Alaska) stock of beluga whales.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Navy for authorization to take by Level A and B harassment small numbers of 15 species of cetaceans and 5 species of pinnipeds over a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Suggested scope of activities for the False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Air Force for authorization to take small numbers of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins by Level B harassment in the Gulf of Mexico over a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Interim Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning.
Council on Environmental Quality
See notation at top of page.
Request from Douglas P. Nowacek, Ph.D., for modification of a permit authorizing research on humpback and minke whales under the Antarctic Conservation Act.
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Planned status review of the insular population of false killers whales in Hawaii.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed reporting requirements for the National Ocean Recreation Expenditure Survey.
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from the Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science, Alaska SeaLife Center, regarding the transport and maintenance of marine mammals.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from the Alaska SeaLife Center, for authorization to acquire, possess, import, and export samples taken from cetaceans and pinnipeds.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft environmental impact statement/overseas environmental impact statement regarding proposed Navy activities in the Gulf of Alaska.
Navy Facilities Engineering Command
See notation at top of page.
Continuation of reporting requirements under the Endangered Species Act relative to importing or exporting fish, wildlife, and plants.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from SeaWorld, Inc., to import a male pilot whale from Kamogawa SeaWorld in Japan to SeaWorld San Diego.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from California Department of Transportation for authorization to take small numbers of California sea lions and harbor seals by Level B harassment incidental to retrofitting the Antioch Bridge.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Beth Shapiro to obtain and import blood and tissue samples collected from polar bears in Canada.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Pontecorvo Productions to take up to 20 polar bears by Level B harassment during filming activities in the Beaufort Sea area.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Dolphin Quest Hawaii to import two captive-born adult male bottlenose dolphins from Dolphin Quest Bermuda for public display.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule and environmental assessment of measures to protect killer whales in Washington’s inland waters.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Revised final draft of the state’s endangered and threatened species listing process rule.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from John Downer Productions to take by Level B harassment an unspecified number of northern sea otters during filming activities in Kachemak Bay, Alaska.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from California Department of Transportation for authorization to take small numbers of California sea lions, harbor seals, and gray whales by Level B harassment incidental to retrofitting the Dumbarton Bridge.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit amendment request from James T. Harvey, Ph.D., involving research on harbor seals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Douglas Nowacek, Ph.D., to take by harassment annually up to 80 North Atlantic right whales.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed changes to regulations governing the operations and administration of regional fishery management councils.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
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Request from Peter Tyack, Ph.D., to amend a permit to conduct research on cetaceans in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea by adding procedures, focal species, and a new project in the Pacific Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a marine geophysical survey in the waters of the Northern Mariana Islands from February through March 2012.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Ann Pabst, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct systematic line transect surveys for marine mammals off the U.S. east coast during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Northwest Fisheries Science Center for authorization to conduct research on 37 specified cetacean species, unidentified beaked and baleen whales, and pinnipeds.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for authorization to take Atlantic bottlenose dolphins incidental to blasting operations in the Port of Miami, Florida.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Rachel Cartwright, Ph.D., to amend a current permit to allow tagging of female humpback whales with calves and yearlings in Hawaii.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Brandon Southall, Ph.D., to amend a current permit to add potential focal species and increase the number of controlled exposure experiments with cetaceans and pinnipeds in waters off Southern California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from SeaWorld, Inc., for authorization to conduct research on captive Hawaiian monk seals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed modifications to the Navy’s letter of authorization governing the taking of marine mammals incidental to military training operations in the Hawaii Range Complex
*See Jan. 17, 2012 letter
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Marine Corps for authorization to take Atlantic bottlenose dolphins incidental to training exercises at the Cherry Point Range Complex, North Carolina.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Navy for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a seismic oceanographic survey in the southwestern Indian Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Daniela Maldini, Ph.D., Pacific Whale foundation, to study humpback whales in Hawaii over a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposal to amend regulations governing the taking of marine mammals incidental to Navy training and testing operations in 12 range complexes.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Shell Offshore, Inc., for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to offshore exploratory drilling in Camden Bay, Beaufort Sea, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Shell Offshore, Inc., for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to offshore exploratory drilling in Chukchi Sea, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory for a permit amendment to authorize harassment of ribbon, spotted, bearded, and ringed seals during low-level aerial surveys.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Alaska SeaLife Center to amend its permit authorizing the taking by harassment of up to five captive adult Steller sea lions to study reproductive physiology of individuals from the eastern population.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Daniel Costa, Ph.D., University of California Santa Cruz, for authorization to collect samples from dead pinnipeds at Cape Evans, Backdoor Bay, and Hut Point, Antarctica.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed changes to the Navy’s letters of authorization governing the taking of marine mammals incidental to training exercises conducted in the Virginia Capes, Cherry Point, and Jacksonville Range Complexes
*See Jan. 17, 2012 letter
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments on the draft 2011 stock assessment reports for marine mammals occurring in U.S. waters.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request for permit amendment from Paul Ponganis, Ph.D., University of California San Diego, for authorization to study California sea lions and to harass sea lions, harbor seals, northern elephant seals, and fur seals incidental to the research.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from The Whale Museum for authorization to monitor vessel activities around southern resident killer whales in Washington over a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to wharf construction in San Francisco.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from John Wise, Ph.D., University of Southern Maine, for authorization to receive, import, and export samples from cetaceans and pinnipeds for scientific research.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Recommendation that Hawaiian monk seal recovery efforts be funded to at least $5.6 million for 2012.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Recommendations intended to improve the Air Force’s efforts to manage impacts on marine mammals and marine ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico.
Air Force (Eglin Air Force Base)
See notation at top of page.
Recommendations intended to improve the Navy’s efforts to manage its impacts on marine mammals and marine ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico.
Navy (Go-Mex Range Complex)
See notation at top of page.
Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement to establish quotas for bowhead whale subsistence harvest by Alaska Natives.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Thomas Jefferson, Ph.D., Clymene Enterprises, for authorization to conduct research on cetaceans off the California coast over a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments on the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
See notation at top of page.
Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on Hawaiian monk seal recovery actions.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule to terminate the translocation program for southern sea otters at San Nicolas Island.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Apache Alaska Corporation application to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to seismic survey in Cook Inlet, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory’s application to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to marine geophysical survey.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, to lethally remove pinnipeds preying on endangered and threatened stocks of salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Recommendations on the 2011 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Supplemental Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) for Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active sonar.
U.S. Navy
See notation at top of page.
Request from Cape Wind Associates for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments on the False Killer Whale Take Reduction Plan.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
2011 Marine Mammal Commission annual meeting follow up on agency response efforts to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and ongoing assessment of natural resource damage.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
2011 Marine Mammal Commission annual meeting follow up on research and support monitoring programs that continue/extend better management of the Gulf of Mexico’s marine ecosystem.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources for authorization to take small numbers of harbor seals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Recommendations on call for information and nominations and notice of intent to prepare an environmental assessment on commercial wind lease issuance and site characterization for activities in waters off Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
See notation at top of page.
2011 Marine Mammal Commission annual meeting follow up on Cook Inlet beluga whale conservation.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Navy for regulations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act authorizing the taking of marine mammals incidental to training, testing, and routine military operations using the Navy’s Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active sonar source.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
2011 Marine Mammal Commission annual meeting follow up on assessments of marine mammal stocks in the Gulf of Mexico.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
2011 Marine Mammal Commission annual meeting follow up on Florida manatee conservation.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
2011 Marine Mammal Commission annual meeting follow up on Louisiana’s response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the state’s role in restoration activities.
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
See notation at top of page.
2011 Marine Mammal Commission annual meeting follow up on Florida’s response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the state’s role in restoration activities.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
See notation at top of page.
2011 Marine Mammal Commission annual meeting follow up on Alabama’s response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the state’s role in restoration activities.
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
See notation at top of page.
2011 Marine Mammal Commission annual meeting follow up on Mississippi’s response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the state’s role in restoration activities.
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Port of Vancouver for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Brent Stewart, Ph.D., J.D., to renew permits authorizing research on pinnipeds in California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Geo-Marine, Inc. for authorization to conduct systematic line transect surveys for marine mammals off the east coast of the United States.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Robert DiGiovanni for authorization to conduct surveys for marine mammals off the east coast of the United States.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments on the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Recommendations on fishery management issues that warrant further consideration and action, particularly related to observer programs, research and relocation trawls, and recreational fishing and boating.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Michael Adkesson, D.V.M., to amend permit authorizing scientific research on South American fur seals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Recommendations on the research and management activities needed to determine the causes of unusual marine mammal mortality events and to prevent or minimize these events’ effects on ecosystems of the northern Gulf of Mexico.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Red Rock Films for authorization to take up to 25 individual polar bears by harassment during filming activities in the North Slope Region and Arctic National Wildlife refuge of Alaska.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Sea to Shore Alliance for authorization to conduct research on West Indian manatees and to export/import samples collected from West African manatees.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Daniel P. Costa, Ph.D., to amend permit authorizing scientific research on various seal species and California sea lions.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to renew and amend permit authorization to conduct research on harbor seals in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from David Honig for authorization to import whale bones for scientific research.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Iskande Larkin to import samples from West Indian manatees for purposes of scientific research.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule to establish a manatee refuge in Kings Bay, Citrus County, Florida.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule to establish a manatee refuge in Kings Bay, Citrus County, Florida.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Recommendations on Service’s Policy for Distinguishing Serious from Non-Serious Injuries of Marine Mammals.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
Recommendations on NOAA’s Scientific Integrity Policy and Handbook.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Southwest Fisheries Science Center for authorization to conduct research on pinnipeds in Antarctica.
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Air Force to renew its authorization to take incidentally small numbers of marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Recommendations to the U.S. Department of State regarding vaquita conservation in the Gulf of California.
U.S. Department of State
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Southwest Fisheries Science Center for authorization to conduct research on pinniped species in Antarctica.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Review of the Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation, and Enforcement’s draft environmental assessment on Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Characterization Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf.
Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation, and Enforcement
See notation at top of page.
Review of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Draft Evaluation of the Southern Sea Otter Translocation Program.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the University of Alaska Geophysics Institute for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from BP Exploration for new regulations authorizing the take of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to the operation of its Northstar Facility, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
National Marine Fisheries Service proposed rules to expand critical habitat boundaries for the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Transmission of Commission report, “Assessing the Long-term Effects of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Marine Mammals in the Gulf of Mexico: A Statement of Research Needs”.
Ocean, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rulemaking regarding the List of Fisheries for 2012.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for authorization to conduct research on walruses in the Bering and Chukachi Seas.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation, Inc. for an exempted fishing permit.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement for authorization to take small numbers of cetaceans incidental to oil and gas industry-sponsored surveys.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Dr. Tom Smith for amendments to the authorization to harass 18 polar bears while conducting den monitoring in Alaska.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Matson’s Laboratory, LLC to import more than 500 polar bear teeth per year.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Blank Park Zoo to import up to five non-releasable harbor seals or California sea lions for public display.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Geological Survey to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Dr. Jennifer Lewis to conduct research on bottlenose dolphins.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct field work to study Pacific walruses.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Amendment of regulations governing the taking of marine mammals incidental to military training operations.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Robert Pitman to amend permit to conduct research on cetaceans in the Antarctic.
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Request from PRBO Conservation Science to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of Trinidad Rancheria to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Statoil USA E&P Inc. to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Geological Survey to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Glacier Bay National Park and Reserve to conduct research on humpback, killer, and minke whales in southeastern Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Navy to obtain up to six stranded, non-releasable, neonate, male or female sea lion pups from The Marine Mammal Center (CA).
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Geological Survey, The Sirenia Project, to conduct research on West Indian manatees.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Alaska SeaLife Center to conduct research on Weddell seals in Antarctica.
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Request from Waikiki Aquarium to hold up to three permanently captive Hawaiian monk seals at any given time.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Oceanic Nature Film Productions to take marine mammals by Level B harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Dr. Rebecca Dickhut to import samples of marine mammal species for scientific research.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Dr. Paul Nachtigall to conduct research on 38 cetacean species.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Recommendations on draft environmental assessment for public display permit for sea lions at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (MS).
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments on the development of a port access route study for U.S. waters in the Bering Strait.
U.S. Department of Transportation
See notation at top of page.
Request from United Launch Alliance to renew authorization to take marine mammals incidental to launch activities at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory to amend an existing permit authorizing research on Steller sea lions.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium to amend an existing permit authorizing research on pinnipeds.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Mithriel MacKay, Texas A&M University, for authorization to conduct research on humpback whales in waters off Puerto Rico.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Alaska Department of Fish and Game to renew and amend an existing permit to conduct research on pinnipeds.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Mote Marine Laboratory to renew an existing permit to harass manatees.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Requests from the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and the Aleutians East Borough to renew authorizations to take northern sea otters by harassment.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Geological Survey for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the National Marine Fisheries Service for authorization to remove 19 Galapagos sharks from waters around French Frigate Shoals.
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Sonoma County (CA) Water Agency to renew its authorization to take marine mammals by harassment.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Potential for wind energy production in marine areas off Massachusetts.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement
See notation at top of page.
Request from Alaska SeaLife Center for authorization to conduct research on Weddell seals in Antarctica.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory to renew and amend an existing permit authorizing research on pinnipeds off the U.S. West Coast.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule and request from Alaska Oil and Gas Association for authorization to take polar bears and walruses in the Beaufort Sea and off the adjacent northern coast of Alaska.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Wild Horizons, Ltd., for authorization to harass Alaska sea otters during filming activities in Glacier Bay and Prince William Sound.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Robin Baird, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct research on 40 species of cetaceans and to harass 7 species of pinnipeds.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement on its 2012–2017 oil and gas leasing program in the Gulf of Mexico.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule and 12-month finding on a petition to list certain subspecies of ringed seals under the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule and 12-month finding on a petition to list the bearded seal under the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center for amendment of an existing permit.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Navy for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory to take small numbers of marine mammals incidental to a marine seismic survey in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Concern over scientific independence of the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Recovery Team.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Jennifer Burns, Ph.D., to obtain, import, and export marine mammal samples.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
The Navy’s revised Integrated Comprehensive Monitoring Program plan.
U.S. Navy
See notation at top of page.
Request from Alaska SeaLife Center for amendment of an existing permit.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Navy for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals incidental to a test program in Hood Canal, Bangor, Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Wild Horizons, Ltd., for authorization to harass bottlenose dolphins during filming activities.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Waikiki Aquarium for authorization to conduct research on captive Hawaiian monk seals and expand related enhancement efforts.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture for authorization to import and export marine mammal parts.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from R. Natalie Goodall to salvage and export skeletal remains of marine mammals from Antarctica.
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Request from Dan Salden, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct research on cetaceans in Hawaii waters.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Alaska SeaLife Center for amendment of existing permit.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed delisting of the eastern distinct population of Steller sea lions.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed listing of the Hawaiian insular false killer whale as endangered.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Floragenex, Inc., for authorization to import tissue samples from polar bears.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft recovery plan for the distinct population segment of northern sea otters in southwest Alaska.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Neptune LNG LLC to take marine mammals incidental to operations of its deepwater port.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed interim final rule pertaining to Steller sea lion protection measures in the Alaska groundfish fisheries.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Aleut Community of St. Paul Island for amendment of an existing permit.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Craig Matkin, North Gulf Oceanic Society, for authorization to conduct research on cetaceans in Alaska waters.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Transfer of dolphins from the U.S. Navy to the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Randall Davis, Ph.D., for renewal of an existing permit.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory for amendment of an existing permit.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Alaska Aerospace Corporation for authorization of incidental take of harbor seals and Steller sea lions relative to space launches.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Intent to prepare an environmental assessment for proposed seismic surveys in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
See notation at top of page.
Scientific independence of members of the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Recovery Team.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request for revision of permit application, Thomas Postel.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Fish and Wildlife Service for authorization of incidental take of pinnipeds in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from St. George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society for authorization of incidental take of pinnipeds off California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Listing the Pacific walrus as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Intent to prepare a supplemental environment impact statement for oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement
See notation at top of page.
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Permit requests (9) from Whitlow Au, Ph.D.; Jim Darling, Ph.D.; Joseph Mobley, Jr.; Adam Pack, Ph.D.; Fred A. Sharpe, Ph.D., Janice Straley; Briana Witteveen, Ph.D., Ann Zoidis, and Rachel Cartwright, Ph.D., for authorization to take by harassment North Pacific humpback whales and various other species of cetaceans for scientific research
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Conservation Science, for authorization to take small numbers of California sea lions, Pacific harbor seals, northern elephant seals, and Steller sea lions by Level B harassment
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposal to designate critical habitat for the polar bear
Department of the Interior
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from David E. Clapham, M.D., Ph.D., for authorization to import from Germany biological samples from polar bears collected in Canada
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Robert Pilley for authorization to take by Level B harassment up to 112 Atlantic bottlenose dolphins annually over a two-year period
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule and 12-month finding regarding a petition to list the spotted seal under the Endangered Species Act
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Natalija Lace, University of Southern Mississippi to take by harassment up to seven manatees being maintained for rehabilitation at Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Southeast Fisheries Science for authorization to take by Level B harassment and skin and blubber biopsy sampling various numbers of all cetacean species that may occur in study areas in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea, including blue whales, fin whales, sei whales, humpback whales, sperm whales, and North Atlantic right whales, and to import into the United States tissue samples collected in international waters and in other countries
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Planned acquisition by the Department of the Navy of two non-releasable, rehabilitated California sea lions from the Marine Mammal Care Center and the Marine Mammal Center
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Tom S. Smith, Brigham Young University, for authorization to take by Level B harassment up to 18 polar bears annually over a five-year period
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Sonoma County Water Agency for authorization to take small numbers of Pacific harbor seals, California sea lions, and northern elephant seals by harassment
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Daniel P. Costa, Ph.D., for amendment of permit authorizing research on Weddell seals in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Paul Ponganis, Ph.D., for authorization to take by harassment 10 adult female California sea lions annually to investigate the role of blood oxygen store depletion in the dive behavior and foraging ecology
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies for authorization to take by harassment North Atlantic right whales during aerial and vessel surveys and suction-cup tagging activities
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Louis L. Jacobs, Southern Methodist University, for authorization to collect and import the remains of mummified pinnipeds for analysis and archiving at the university’s Shuler Museum of Paleontology
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Proposed regulations to govern the taking of marine mammals during Navy exercises within the Mariana Islands Range Complex
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Eglin Air Force Base for renewal of its incidental harassment authorization for activities within the Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Petition to list the Pacific walrus subspecies as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Oregon Coast Aquarium for authorization to import up to eight harbor seals from Canada
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from George Watters for modification of an existing permit to expand research activities on pinnipeds
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Request from Daniel P. Costa, Ph.D., for authorization under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 to conduct research on Weddell seals
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Request from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory for authorization to conduct research on marine mammals
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Alaska Department of Fish and Game for amendment of an existing permit to conduct research on harbor, spotted, ringed, bearded, and ribbon seals
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Petition to revise designated critical habitat for the Florida manatee
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
See notation at top of page.
Request from Shane Moore the extension of an existing permit to take killer whales, gray whales, and minke whales during close approach for filming
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from St. George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society for authorization to take seals and sea lions incidental to restoration and maintenance of the light station
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Scott Kraus, Ph.D., for authorization to take by harassment North Atlantic right whales during aerial and vessel surveys, and biopsy sampling
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Colleen Reichmuth, Ph.D., for authorization to continue perceptual and cognitive evaluations of pinnipeds at Long Marine Laboratory, Santa Cruz, CA
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from NMFS Office of Science and Technology for authorization to take by harassment beaked whales and other odontocetes while studying what characteristics of sound cause behavioral responses in these deep-diving cetaceans
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Emma Napper, Ph.D., for authorization to take by Level B harassment southern sea otters during filming of mother-pup interactions in Monterey Harbor, CA
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request for permit amendment from the U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, to increase from 500 to 1,500 yearly the number of Pacific walruses to be harassed during research.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Interim Report of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force
Council on Environmental Quality
See notation at top of page.
Permit modification request from Robert Garrott, Ph.D., for authorization to temporarily attach temperature-logging tags on Weddell seal pups
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Notice of intent to prepare an environmental assessment for lease sale 215 in the Gulf of Mexico
Minerals Management Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for authorization to satellite-tag and biopsy-sample walruses off western Alaska
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for authorization to take Atlantic bottlenose dolphins incidental to blasting and dredging at Blount Island, Duval County, FL
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request for permit amendment from Charles Grossman, Ph.D., for authorization to acquire larynxes from necropsied Florida manatees to investigate mechanics of manatee vocalizations
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from University of Alaska Museum for authorization collect, receive, import, and export unspecified numbers of cetacean and pinniped parts
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft 2009 stock assessment reports for marine mammals
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed resolutions, decisions, and agenda items for the 15th Conference of Parties, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft 2009 stock assessment reports for the southern Beaufort Sea and Chukchi/Bering Seas stocks of polar bears
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft proposed 5-year Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program and notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement
Minerals Management Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft 2009 stock assessment report for the Pacific walrus
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Continuation of reporting requirements relative to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Safety and Environmental Management Systems for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Operations
Minerals Management Service
See notation at top of page.
Final environmental impact statement addressing the Port Dolphin LLC liquefied natural gas deepwater port
U.S. Coast Guard
See notation at top of page.
Draft 2009 stock assessment reports for the Florida and Puerto Rico stocks of West Indian manatees
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Harbor seals and aquaculture operations in Drake’s Estero, Point Reyes National Seashore
Alliance for Local Sustainable Agriculture
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from the Southwest Fisheries Science Center
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft Guidance for Monitoring the Recovery of Pacific Northwest Salmon and Steelhead Listed under the Federal Endangered Species Act
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, CA, for authorization to take by harassment Pacific harbor seals incidental to a boom exercise
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule to modify regulations implementing the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed regulations to authorize the U.S. Navy to take by Level B harassment small numbers of 26 species of marine mammals incidental to military readiness training operations in the Northwest Training Range Complex
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed regulations to authorize the U.S. Navy to take by Level A and B harassment small numbers of eight species of marine mammals incidental to military readiness training operations in the Gulf of Mexico Range Complex
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rulemaking regarding the List of Fisheries for 2010
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft Natural Resources Science Plan
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
See notation at top of page.
Request from United Launch Alliance for renewal of an authorization to take small numbers of pinnipeds incidental to activities related to the Delta IV/Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle, South Vandenberg AFB
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Robert A. Garrott, Ph.D., for a permit modification
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Proposed aerial surveys of harbor seals in Lake Iliamna, Alaska
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed regulations to authorize the U.S. Navy to take small numbers of five species of marine mammals by Level B harassment incidental to military readiness training operations in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport Range Complex
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule regarding the Hawaii-based shallow-set longline fishery
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Southwest Fisheries Science Center for amendment of an existing permit
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Russell Fielding to import biological specimens from Risso’s spinner, and spotted dolphins and short-finned pilot whales from St. Vincent and the Grenadines
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Developing an interagency ocean policy
Council on Environmental Quality
See notation at top of page.
Planned update of “Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States for the Next Decade”
Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology
See notation at top of page.
Requests from multiple applicants for permits to conduct research on threatened and endangered Steller sea lions and depleted northern fur seals
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Continuation of reporting requirements relative to federally controlled fisheries
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Request from Shell Offshore, Inc., and Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc., for authorization to take by harassment marine mammals incidental to seismic surveys in the Chukchi Sea
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Intent to conduct a review of the effects of oyster farming in Drake’s Estero on harbor seals
ational Parks Conservation Association/ Sierra Club
See notation at top of page.
Request from University of Illinois, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, to import biological samples from manatees, dugongs, sea otters, marine otters, walruses, and polar bears
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Scripps Institution of Oceanography to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to ocean-bottom seismic surveys in the Pacific Ocean
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Gregory Bossart, Ph.D., for a permit to conduct scientific research on bottlenose dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory for a permit to take polar bears and walruses by harassment incidental to conducting aerial surveys in the Chukchi and Bering Seas
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Continuation of reporting requirements relative to the North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Request from Neptune LNG, LLC, for authorization to take by harassment seals, toothed whales, and baleen whales incidental to operation of a liquefied natural gas port in Massachusetts Bay
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for authorization to take by harassment small numbers of marine mammals incidental to a marine seismic survey in the northeast Pacific Ocean
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, for amendment of a permit to conduct research on Pacific walruses
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Stacy Kim under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 to launch a remotely operated vehicle under the Ross Ice Shelf, White Island, Antarctica
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Proposal to issue regulations to authorize the U.S. Navy to take marine mammals incidental to activities at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, Florida
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Planned postponement of the 2009 dolphin and ecosystem assessment research cruises in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Whitlow W. L. Au, Ph.D., for amendment of a permit to tag cetaceans and conduct acoustic playback studies on the effects of noise in cetacean behavior in waters off Hawaii
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Ocean World to import three captive-born female California sea lions from Germany for public display
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Navy for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to military readiness training operations in the Gulf of Mexico Range Complex
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Continuation of reporting requirements relative to the incidental take of marine mammals in commercial fisheries
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Continuation of reporting requirements relative to issuance of permits to take marine mammals
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Five-year review of the status of the southern sea otter under the Endangered Species Act
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule to authorize the Port of Anchorage to harass small numbers of marine mammals incidental to a five-year marine terminal redevelopment project
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Mirage Casino-Hotel in Las Vegas, NV, to import two adult male captive-born bottlenose dolphins from Bermuda
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, for amendment of a permit for research on polar bears
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule regarding illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing activities and bycatch of protected living marine resources
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
quest from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center for amendment of a permit authorizing harassment of harbor seals and gray seals incidental to collection of scats and harbor seal pup carcasses
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Advance notice of proposed rulemaking on designation of critical habitat for the endangered Cook Inlet stock of beluga whales
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Peter Tyack, Ph.D., for a scientific research permit to harass various species of beaked whales and large delphinids
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Air Force, 30th Space Wing, to harass Pacific harbor seals incidental to proposed scientific research at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory for amendment of a permit to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to scientific research
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
roposed regulations to authorize the Naval Air Weapons Station to take three species of marine mammals by Level B harassment incidental to launch activities near San Nicolas Island, California
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request for reconsideration of the Service’s denial of requests to import polar bear trophies from Canada under an enhancement permit authorization
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Navy for promulgation of regulations to authorize the incidental take of marine mammals relative to military readiness training operations in the Marina Islands Range Complex
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Navy for promulgation of regulations to authorize the incidental take of marine mammals relative to military readiness training operations in the Cherry Point Range Complex
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Alaska Museum of Natural History for a public display permit for a sea otter skeleton
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Cindy Lee Van Dover for modification of a permit to export vertebrae from a North Atlantic right whale to Antarctica
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Navy for promulgation of regulations to authorize the incidental take of marine mammals relative to military readiness training operations in the Northwest Training Range Complex
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Urging commitment of funds to support efforts to conserve and recover the vaquita in the Gulf of California
Department of State
See notation at top of page.
Request from Karen Terio, D.V.M., Ph.D., for a scientific research permit to import samples from up to 200 cetaceans and pinnipeds from locations outside the United States
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Regarding the deaths of three sea otters under a permit issued to the U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request for an incidental harassment authorization from Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge and Algonquin Gas Transmission relative to operating a liquid natural gas port facility and associated pipeline
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Southwest Fisheries Science Center for amendment of permit authorizing harassment of short-beaked and long-beaked common dolphins during vessel and aerial surveys and by bio-sampling
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft environmental impact statement on the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas Oil and Gas Lease Sales
Minerals Management Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft environmental impact statement on proposed naval activities in the Mariana Islands Range Complex
U.S. Navy
See notation at top of page.
Request from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory for amendment of a permit and a request from LGL Alaska Research Associates for a scientific research permit for work related to Cook Inlet beluga whales
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Ann Zoidis for amendment of a scientific research permit to authorize the taking by harassment of up to 100 minke whales annually
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, for a scientific research permit to obtain or receive samples from up to 250 manatees annually
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Niladri Basu, Ph.D., for a scientific research permit to obtain and import tissue samples from polar bears taken by indigenous hunters in Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Niladri Basu, Ph.D., for a scientific research permit to obtain and import marine mammal tissue samples from Denmark
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed critical habitat for the southwest Alaska distinct population segment of northern sea otters
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft environmental impact statement/overseas environmental impact statement regarding training activities at the Northwest Training Range Complex
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
See notation at top of page.
Draft environmental impact statement/overseas environmental impact statement regarding training activities at the Navy’s Gulf of Mexico Range Complex
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
See notation at top of page.
Request from Charles Grossman, Ph.D., for renewal of a scientific research permit for work on manatees
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Ross D.E. MacPhee, Ph.D., to modify a permit issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 to allow collection of marine mammal bones and teeth
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Request from Robert Pitman, to modify a permit issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 to allow collection of unidentified prey items
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Request from Mark Baumgartner, Ph.D., for amendment of a scientific research permit to authorize tagging of several species of large whales in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from SeaWorld, Inc., for extension and amendment of permit authorizing permanent maintenance of a non-releasable, rehabilitated Guadalupe fur seal
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request for scientific research permit, James Hain, Ph.D., for studies involving large whales, including North Atlantic right whales
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Petition from Center for Biological Diversity for a ban on importing swordfish and swordfish products from certain countries under section 101(a)(2) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed “Policy and Guidance for Implementation of the Steller Sea Lion and Northern Fur Seal Research Permits and Grants Program”
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request for an incidental harassment authorization from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory relative to marine seismic surveys in the South and East China Seas and the Philippines
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request for an incidental harassment authorization from CGGVeritas relative to a geophysical and seismic survey in the U.S. Beaufort Sea
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request for an incidental harassment authorization from the Port of Anchorage relative to Phase II of a five-year marine terminal redevelopment project
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request for an incidental harassment authorization from the U.S. Navy relative to proposed training activities in the Undersea Warfare Training Range off the U.S. East Coast
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed regulations to authorize the U.S. Navy to take six cetacean species incidental to training activities in the Jacksonville (FL) Range Complex
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed amendment to Animal Welfare Act regulations to add a new section requiring contingency planning and training at research facilities and by dealers, exhibitors, intermediate handlers, and carriers
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed regulations to authorize the U.S. Navy to take marine mammals incidental to training activities in the Virginia Cape study area
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the U.S. Geological Survey to export frozen tissue samples from northern sea otters found dead or dying along the coasts of Washington and Alaska
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed regulations pertaining to the activities of the 30th Space Wing, U.S. Air Force, incidental to activities at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
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Recommendations and rationale to assist the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustee Council in developing a restoration plan to address injuries from the oil spill, including those to marine mammals and their habitats.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center to conduct research on pinnipeds along the U.S. east coast over five years.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from the Alaska SeaLife Center to change the authorization under which non-releasable rehabilitated northern sea otters are being maintained by the facility.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Recommendations regarding the draft 2012 stock assessment reports for marine mammals occurring in U.S. waters.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from the Partnership for the Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) at the University of California Santa Cruz to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to rocky intertidal monitoring activities along the California and Oregon coasts.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Dan Engelhaupt, Ph.D. for authorization to conduct systematic line transect surveys for marine mammals for five years in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
National Marine Fisheries Service’s decision to postpone fall gillnet closures in certain New England fisheries.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Navy for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to training and research, development, testing, and evaluation activities from 2014 through 2018 within the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing study area.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Navy for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to training and research, development, testing, and evaluation activities from 2014 through 2018 within the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing study area.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center for authorization to conduct research on 37 specified cetacean species and unidentified Mesoplodon spp. for five years in waters of the exclusive economic zones of the United States and Canada from Florida to the Scotian Shelf.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Mystic Aquarium for authorization to collect, receive, import, and export samples from up to 5,000 cetaceans and 5,000 pinnipeds for five years for scientific research.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Georgia Aquarium Inc. for authorization to import 18 beluga whales from Russia for five years for public display.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from Port Dolphin Energy LLC seeking regulations regarding taking of marine mammals incidental to construction and operation of an offshore liquefied natural gas facility, Port Dolphin Deepwater Port, in the Gulf of Mexico.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request for public comments on a forthcoming environmental impact statement (EIS) that will evaluate Steller sea lion protection measures for Alaska groundfish fisheries.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, along with Pacific Gas and Electric Co., for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a marine geophysical survey in the vicinity of a nuclear power plant near Morro Bay, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, along with Pacific Gas and Electric Co., for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a marine geophysical survey near a nuclear power plant close to Morro Bay, California.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the PRBO Conservation Science to renew its authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to research activities on Southeast Farallon Island, Año Nuevo Island, and Point Reyes National Seashore, California from November 2012 to November 2013.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from Sea World Parks and Entertainment, Inc., to import one female captive-born walrus from Kamogawa SeaWorld in Kamogawa, Japan, in March 2013 for public display.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Revision to National Standard 1 Guidelines that affect the conservation and protection of marine mammals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule to list the Hawaiian insular false killer whale population as endangered (comment period extended).
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft policy on American Indian and Alaska Native Consultation and Coordination.
U.S. Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Application from the California Department of Transportation for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to construction activities associated with replacement of the east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Shannon Atkinson, Ph.D., for authorization to acquire and possess samples from northern sea otters for purposes of scientific research over five years.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to collect, receive, import, and export samples from up to 26 species of cetaceans or pinnipeds for purposes of scientific research during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
National Marine Fisheries Services’ consideration of National Seafood Coalition proposal to modify regulation aimed at reducing takes of harbor porpoises in the Gulf of Maine.
Selected Members of the United States Congress
See notation at top of page.
Application from ION Geophysical for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to a seismic survey in the Alaskan Beaufort and Chukchi Seas between October and December 2012.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Robert Pilley to take by Level B harassment up to 196 bottlenose dolphins per year over five years during filming activities to document dolphin strand-feeding behavior in South Carolina and Florida.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from the Fish and Wildlife Service for authorization to take small numbers of pinnipeds by harassment incidental to research on bird hazing methods in the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge in California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from the U.S. Geological Survey to renew a permit to allow it to continue research activities on polar bears in Alaska for five years.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
National Marine Fisheries Service’s draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for issuing quotas to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission for a subsistence hunt of bowhead whales between 2012 and 2017-2018.
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
See notation at top of page.
Permit renewal application from PRBO Conservation Science (formerly Point Reyes Bird Observatory) for research on pinnipeds along the central California coast during for five years.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary to take small numbers of pinnipeds by harassment incidental to black abalone research in the Farallon Islands, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Navy’s draft environmental assessment of the effects of collecting young California sea lions for its Marine Mammal Program.
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Monterey Bay Aquarium for a permit amendment to conduct research on sea otters that have been rescued from the wild, are undergoing rehabilitation, and could be returned to the wild under the Aquarium’s Sea Otter and Conservation Program.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft environmental impact statement on the Makah Tribe’s proposal to take gray whales for ceremonial and subsistence purposes.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Changes to regulations in subsistence harvesting of northern fur seals on St. Paul Island, Alaska, proposed by the Pribilof Island Community of St. Paul Island and the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island-Tribal Government.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning, LLC, to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to construction of a seawater air conditioning project in the waters off Honolulu, Hawaii.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources to take harbor seals by harassment incidental to a habitat restoration project in the Woodard Bay Natural Resource Conservation Area in Puget Sound.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from John Wise, Ph.D., to import and export samples from seven marine mammal species for scientific research.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit renewal application from the Marine Mammals Management Office for research on walruses in the Bering and Chukchi Seas over four years.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Darlene Ketten, Ph.D., to import and export samples from nine species of marine mammals for scientific research over five years.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from James Shine, Ph.D. to import and receive samples from long-finned pilot whales for scientific research over five years.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Revised stock assessment report for the southern sea otter.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule that would re-instate the special rule for polar bears.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft environmental assessment on Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to reconstruction of the Port Townsend Ferry Terminal Transfer Span in Puget Sound.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request for permit amendment from the Southwest Fisheries Science Center to add procedures and surveys to its research on cetaceans, pinnipeds, and sea turtles in the Pacific, Southern, Arctic, and Indian Oceans.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from James Lloyd-Smith, Ph.D., to conduct research on California sea lions at Año Nuevo Island, California, for five years
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Terrie Williams, Ph.D., to add the use of Evans blue dye and serial blood sampling to current permit authorizing research on non-releasable sea otters or those undergoing rehabilitation at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sea Otter and Conservation Program.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Todd Robeck, DVM, Ph.D., for authorization to receive, import, and export samples from 14 species of marine mammals for scientific research during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from the Air Force for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to precision strike weapon and air-to-surface gunnery missions within Eglin Air Force Base’s Gulf of Mexico Test and Training Range.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from United Launch Alliance to renew its authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to Delta Mariner operations, cargo unloading activities, and harbor maintenance activities at south Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, between September 2012 and August 2013.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft EIS/OEIS for training and research, development, test, and evaluation activities between January 2014 and January 2019 within the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing study areas and their impacts on marine mammals in the central North Pacific Ocean.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific
See notation at top of page.
Draft EIS/OEIS for training and research, development, test, and evaluation activities between January 2014 and January 2019 within the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing study areas and their impacts on marine mammals in the western North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic
See notation at top of page.
Permit amendment request from The Whale Museum to conduct research on eight cetacean species or stocks, including the southern resident killer whale, in the inland waters of Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit amendment request from the Northwest Fisheries Science Center to conduct research on 42 species or groups of marine mammals in the Pacific Ocean over a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Navy to renew and modify a letter of authorization to conduct training operations in the Mariana Islands Range Complex.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from North Slope Borough for authorization to receive, import, and export samples from nine marine mammal species for purposes of scientific research during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit modification request from the Alaska SeaLife Center regarding research on Weddell seals in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule to delist the eastern stock (or distinct population segment) of Steller sea lions under the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries ServiceView Letter
See notation at top of page.
Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on Geological and Geophysical Exploration of the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
See notation at top of page.
Application from the Navy for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to pile driving and removal during wharf construction in Hood Canal at Naval Base Kitsap in Bangor, Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Support for announced closing of New England fishing area to reduce bycatch of Gulf of Maine harbor porpoise in commercial gillnets.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from the America’s Cup Event Authority and the Port of San Francisco for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to construction, helicopter overflights, and firework displays to support the 34th America’s Cup in San Francisco.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Geo-Marine, Inc., to amend a current permit by increasing the number of sei whale takes each year to gain more information on their distribution and habitat use.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Robert Garrott, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct research on Weddell seals at Cape Evans, Backdoor Bay, Hut Point, Cape Royds, Terra Nova Bay, and northwest White Island, Antarctica.
National Science Foundation
See notation at top of page.
Application from the Navy for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to pile removal during wharf repair at Kitsap Naval Base in Bangor, Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Confidentiality of observer information collected under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Listing of the polar bear, walrus, and narwhal on CITES Appendices.
Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Bruce Mate, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct research on cetaceans and pinnipeds in U.S., foreign, and international waters.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Amendments to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, and for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Stephen Trumble, Ph.D., for authorization to obtain and conduct analyses on mysticete earplugs during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Robert Garrott, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct research on Weddell seals in Antarctica during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Shannon Atkinson, Ph.D., for authorization to receive, import, and export samples from unidentified cetaceans and pinnipeds for purposes of scientific research and education during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Mark Baumgartner, Ph.D., for authorization to study eight mysticete species in the northwest Atlantic, northeast Pacific, and Arctic Oceans during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Letter in support of the Sound and Marine Life Joint Industry Programme.
Chevron Energy Technology Company
See notation at top of page.
Application from BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc., for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a seismic survey in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea during the 2012 Arctic open-water season
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to amend its current permit to conduct research on Steller sea lions throughout their range in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from James Hain, Ph.D., to extend a current permit authorizing aerial and vessel surveys of humpback and North Atlantic right whales off the U.S. southeast coast during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Alaska SeaLife Center for amendments to a current permit authorizing research on Weddell seals in Antarctica.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft environmental assessment on Lease Issuance for Marine Hydrokinetic Testing Technology on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Florida.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Eye of the Whale for authorization to conduct research on humpback whales in Alaskan waters during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request on behalf of the Columbia River Crossing project, for authorization to take pinnipeds incidental to construction and demolition activities in the Columbia River and North Portland Harbor, Washington and Oregon.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from Lamont- Doherty Earth Observatory for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to three marine geophysical surveys in the Northeast Pacific Ocean from June through July 2012.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from John Calambokidis for authorization to conduct research on cetaceans and pinnipeds in the eastern North Pacific Ocean during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit request from the Pacific Whale Foundation to change its principal investigator in its application to study humpback whales in Hawaii during a five- year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Milton Levin, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct analyses on manatee and polar bear samples during a five-year period.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit amendment request from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to add procedures to its permit to conduct research on walruses throughout their range in Alaska.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit renewal request from Edmund Gerstein, Ph.D., for authorization to take Florida manatees by deliberate harassment to test the effectiveness of an acoustic device for alerting them of approaching vehicles.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Status review of the ringed seal under the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Status review of the bearded seal under the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed Cook Inlet Special Interest Lease Sale 244.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule to amend the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Navy for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to military training operations at the Silver Strand Training Complex in San Diego, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from the Saint Louis Zoo for authorization to import four female captive harbor seals from Storybrook Gardens in London, Ontario, Canada.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Colleen Reichmuth, Ph.D., for authorization to capture from the wild and maintain in captivity two bearded seals for the purpose of scientific research.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Whether the Service should extend or modify the final rule to implement vessel speed restrictions to reduce the threat of vessel collisions with North Atlantic right whales.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, on behalf of Fishermen’s Atlantic City Windfarm, for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to the installation of wind turbines off the New Jersey coast.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, on behalf of Fishermen’s Atlantic City Windfarm, for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to the installation of wind turbines off the New Jersey coast.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit amendment request from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to add procedures to a current permit authorizing research on harbor seals through their range in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application by Simon Nash for authorization to take up to 1,300 spinner dolphins per year during filming near Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean over five years.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to firework displays between 4 July 2012 and 3 July 2017.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from Lamont- Doherty Earth Observatory to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a marine geophysical survey in the central Pacific Ocean in May and June 2012.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science for authorization to import samples from four phocid species for scientific research.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Status of exploration and drilling activities in the Arctic and actions that are being or will be taken to prevent, contain, and respond to an oil spill.
Department of the Interior
See notation at top of page.
Draft revisions to the Guidelines for Assessing Marine Mammal Stocks.
National Marine Fisheries Service and Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a marine geophysical survey to be conducted in the southeastern Pacific Ocean in May 2012.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Review of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management final environmental assessment on Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf, and repeated recommendations from the Commission.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
See notation at top of page.
Application from Sonoma County Water Agency to renew its authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to construction and maintenance activities associated with estuary management at the Russian River near Jenner, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Mote Marine Laboratory for authorization to collect, conduct analyses on, and archive manatee blood samples during a five-year period.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from the Navy for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to testing the AN/AQS-20A Mine Reconnaissance Sonar System (Q-20) in the Gulf of Mexico during a one-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from The Whale Museum to amend a permit that authorized monitoring of vessel activities in the state of Washington, by changing its principal investigator.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from Glenn VanBlaricom, Ph.D., for an incidental harassment authorization to take seals and sea lions incidental to abalone research on San Nicolas Island, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Jooke Robbins, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct research on cetaceans in the Gulf of Maine, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Commission comments on the National Ocean Council’s draft National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan.
National Ocean Council
See notation at top of page.
Application from James Harvey, Ph.D., to renew his permit to conduct research on harbor seals along the U.S. west coast during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Request from Robin Baird, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct research on 27 specified cetacean species and unidentified Mesoplodon spp. in all U.S. and international waters in the western Atlantic Ocean during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Commission comments on the draft policy interpreting the phrase “significant portion of its range” as used in the Endangered Species Act.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Commission comments on the draft National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Commission comments on the draft environmental impact statement on effects of oil and gas activities in the Arctic Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from the Lamont- Doherty Earth Observatory for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a marine geophysical survey in the northwest Pacific Ocean from March through May 2012.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
The Commission expressed its desire to facilitate cooperation among agencies and thereby improve response to wildlife health and disease events.
National Wildlife Health Center
See notation at top of page.
Application from Ocean Renewable Power Company Maine, LLC, for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment associated with the installation of a tidal energy turbine in Cobscook Bay, Maine.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft environmental impact statement for proposed 2012-2017 oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico Western and Central Planning Areas.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Matson’s Laboratory for authorization to import, export, and analyze pinniped teeth during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Dorian Houser, Ph.D. for authorization to conduct research on hearing sensitivities of cetaceans in the United States during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from NHK Enterprises for authorization to take up to 300 killer whales up to three times and 100 gray whales up to two times during filming of the hunting behavior of transient killer whales for TV, internet, DVD and other media.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Shane Moore for authorization to take 35 killer whales and 10 gray whales during filming for a National Geographic Channel program.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Application from the Navy seeking authorization to take marine mammals incidental to training, testing, and routine military operations using the Navy’s Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) sonar source.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct research on harbor seals in Washington waters during a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Gregory Walker, University of Alaska Fairbanks, for authorization to conduct unmanned aerial surveys of Steller sea lion terrestrial habitat from Kodiak Island to Attu Island, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from Kenneth Balcomb, The Center for Whale Research for authorization to conduct research on cetaceans, primarily killer whales, in the eastern North Pacific over a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center to conduct research on 26 specified cetacean species.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Corrections to 7 and 14 December letters pertaining to authorizations for taking marine mammals incidental to training operations in the Virginia Capes, Cherry Point and Jacksonville Range Complexes, as well as the Hawaii Range Complex.
National Marine Fisheries Service and the Department of the Navy
See notation at top of page.
Permit application from the St. George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society for authorization to take pinnipeds by harassment incidental to restoration and maintenance on Northwest Seal Rock light station off the coast of Crescent City, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
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Application from the Washington State Department of Transportation to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to replacement of the Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the Washington State Department of Transportation to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to the replacement of structures at the Bremerton Ferry Terminal.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from NE Gateway Energy Bridge L.P. and Algonquin Gas Transmission L.L.C. to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to operation, maintenance, and repair of the Northeast Gateway liquefied natural gas port and the Algonquin Pipeline Lateral facilities in Massachusetts Bay.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Application from the U.S. Air Force to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to rocket and missile launches, aircraft and helicopter operations, Delta Mariner operations, cargo unloading activities, and harbor maintenance dredging at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Marilyn Mazzoil, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, to conduct research on bottlenose dolphins.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the Gulf of Farallones National Marine Sanctuary to take small numbers of pinnipeds by harassment incidental to black abalone research in the Farrallon Islands, CA.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Call for information regarding the Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 237.
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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Permit application from Dr. Paul Koch, to import into the U.S. mummified remains of four species of seals collected in Antarctica.
National Science Foundation
Application from Blue Point Conservation Science to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to seabird and pinniped research in central California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Dr. Scott Baker to receive, possess, import, and export samples from any species of cetacean or pinniped (except walrus).
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Alaska SeaLife Center to change status of non-releasable walruses.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from the Partnership for the Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal Oceans to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting rocky intertidal monitoring activities along the California and Oregon coasts.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Temporary regulations regarding the California thresher shark/swordfish drift gillnet (CA DGN) fishery observer requirements and a permit authorizing the taking of three species of whales listed under the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
No response provided.
Unsolicited lease request from Principle Power, Inc., to acquire a commercial lease for wind energy development off Coos Bay, Oregon.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Permit application from Wessley Merten to photograph and film cetaceans in waters off Puerto Rico.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the California Department of Transportation to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to construction activities associated with replacement of the east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from The Marine Mammal Center to collect, rescue, transport, relocate, rehabilitate, and release to the wild southern sea otters.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for training and research, development, test, and evaluation activities within the Mariana Islands Training and Testing study area.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific
Not yet available.
Application from the Navy to take marine mammals incidental to training and research, development, test, and evaluation activities within the Mariana Islands Training and Testing study area.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Proposed rule to amend the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (78 Fed. Reg. 42654) and the associated draft environmental impact statement (DEIS).
National Marine Fisheries Service
Final rule not yet available.
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Permit application from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) to amend a permit to conduct research on Steller sea lions in Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit amendment issued, however, the notice of issuance was not published in the Federal Register.
Proposed rule to amend the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit renewal and amendment application from Monterey Bay Aquarium to collect, rescue, transport, relocate, rehabilitate, and release to the wild southern sea otters.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Not yet available.
Permit application from the Bristol Bay Native Association (BBNA) to conduct research on northern sea otters.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Permit application from the Bristol Bay Native Association (BBNA) to conduct research on northern sea otters.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Not yet available.
Application from the U.S Navy to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to pile driving in association with a wharf repair project in Mayport, Florida.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Sea Life Park Hawaii to renew a permit associated with maintaining Hawaiian monk seals in permanent captivity.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Renegade Pictures to film polar bears in Kaktovik, Alaska.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
90-day finding on a petition to list Iliamna Lake seals as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
90-day finding on a petition to include the killer whale (Orcinus orca) known as Lolita in the endangered species listing for the southern resident killer whale.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Proposed rule regarding deletion of the expiration date of regulations for limiting vessel speed to reduce collisions with North Atlantic right whales.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Request for extension of the comment period regarding proposed amendments to the Atlantic large Whale Take Reduction Plan.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Extension not issued.
Programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) to evaluate the environmental consequences of restoration projects and newly planned projects following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from James Lloyd-Smith to amend authorization permit to conduct research on California sea lions at Año Nuevo Island, California
National Marine Fisheries Service
Authorization for the incidental taking of marine mammals from West Coast drift gillnet and sablefish pot fisheries.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Draft stock assessment reports for Pacific walrus and three stocks of Northern sea otters in Alaska.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Walrus: Not yet available
Sea Otters: View Response
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures for Groundfish Fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit renewal and amendment application from U.S Geological Survey to conduct research on sea otters in Alaska.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company to take marine mammals incidental to a 2-D seismic survey in the Alaska Chukchi Sea.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from SAExploration to take marine mammals incidental to a 3-D seismic survey in the Alaska Beaufort Sea.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application withdrawn.
Notice of intent to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement on geological and geophysical activities in the Gulf of Mexico.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Not yet available.
Permit renewal application from Thomas Postel to film manatees for educational purposes.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Initial draft comprehensive restoration plan for the Gulf of Mexico, as required by the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States (RESTORE) Act of 2012.
DOC/Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
Not yet available.
Application from the U.S. Air Force to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to maritime strike operations at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the effects of oil and gas activities in the Arctic Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Permit amendment and renewal application from the University of Illinois to import polar bear samples.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to a marine geophysical survey in the western tropical Pacific Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Finding that listing the Gulf of Mexico distinct population segment of sperm whales as an endangered or threatened species may be warranted.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Proposed rule to amend the documentation requirements for tuna products labeled as being dolphin safe.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the U.S Navy to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to testing the AN/AQS-20A Mine Reconnaissance Sonar System in the Gulf of Mexico.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Tamara McGuire, Ph.D., to conduct research on beluga whales.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Permit application from the National Ocean Service Marine Forensic Laboratory to acquire, possess, import, and export samples from marine mammals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Shell to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to various activities in the Alaskan Chukchi Sea.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the U.S Navy to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to pile driving and removal in association with a wharf construction project in Hood Canal at Naval Base Kitsap in Bangor, Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Jennifer Burns, Ph.D., to conduct research on Weddell seals in Antarctica.
National Science Foundation
Application from the Navy to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to pile driving and removal in association with a pier replacement project in San Diego Bay, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the U.S Navy to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to pile driving and removal in association with a barge mooring project in Hood Canal at Naval Base Kitsap in Bangor, Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Marine Mammals Management to conduct research on northern sea otters.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from the Air Force to take marine mammals incidental to precision strike weapon and air-to-surface gunnery missions within Eglin Air Force Base’s Gulf of Mexico Test and Training Range.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Proposed List of Fisheries for 2013.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Douglas Nowacek, Ph.D. to conduct research on numerous cetacean species or stocks.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the U.S. Marine Corps for authorization to take Atlantic bottlenose dolphins incidental to various training exercises at the Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point Range Complex, North Carolina.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the City of San Diego for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to demolition and reconstruction of the Children’s Pool lifeguard station in La Jolla, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the U.S. Navy for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to military training activities at the Silver Strand Training Complex, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the Southwest Fisheries Science Center for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to fisheries research activities.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Permit application from Graham A.J. Worthy, Ph.D., to conduct research on West Indian manatees.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Request for comments on the interpretation of the terms (1) “significantly altered from their natural form,” (2) “dwells on the coast,” or (3) “large-scale mass production,” as they pertain to Alaska natives’ taking of sea otters
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Permit application from SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc., for authorization to import one walrus from the Netherlands.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Permit application from Rachel Cartwright, Ph.D., to conduct research on cetaceans in Hawaii, Alaska, and California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the Seattle Department of Transportation for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to replacement of the Elliott Bay Seawall in Seattle.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit renewal and amendment application from Scripps Institution of Oceanography to conduct research on 35 cetacean species or stocks in the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit renewal application from Samuel Wasser, Ph.D., to collect killer whale fecal samples to investigate hypotheses related to the decline of the southern resident killer whale.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Permit renewal application from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to conduct research on West Indian manatees.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Permit application from Silverback Films Ltd. to film dolphin strand-feeding events in waters of Bull Creek and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Paul Nachtigall, Ph.D., to conduct hearing, echolocation, and behavioral studies on four captive cetaceans.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the Office of Naval Research for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to acoustic technology experiments in the western North Pacific Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit amendment from Colleen Reichmuth, Ph.D., to add temporary threshold shift (TTS) studies for captive ice seals under her current permit.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Daniel Costa, Ph.D., to conduct research on California sea lions from California to Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Yoko Mitani, Ph.D., to conduct research on killer and gray whales in Alaskan waters.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Draft report “Arctic Marine Transportation System: Overview and Priorities for Action”.
U.S. Department of Transportation
Discontinuing recommendations that are incorporated as standard conditions in permits issued for marine mammal research for public display.
National Marine Fisheries Service and Fish and Wildlife Service
No response necessary.
Application from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a marine geophysical survey in the northeast Atlantic Ocean.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Brian Skerry for authorization to film dolphins in Florida and Hawaii.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center to renew and amend a permit to conduct research and enhancement activities on Hawaiian monk seals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Discontinuing recommendations that are incorporated as standard conditions in permits issued for marine mammal research and photography.
National Marine Fisheries Service and Fish and Wildlife Service
No response necessary.
Proposed rule regarding timing requirements for submitting a site assessment plan or general activities plan for renewable energy projects on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Application from the U.S. Geological Survey to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a marine geophysical survey to be conducted in the Gulf of Mexico.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Review of the draft North Pacific Right Whale Recovery Plan.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct research on captive polar bears.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a marine geophysical survey to be conducted along the mid-Atlantic Ridge.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Issues related to procedures for revising consensus agreements reached by the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Team.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to replacement of structures at the Orcas Island and Friday Harbor ferry terminals in the San Juan Islands, Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to replacement of structures at the Bremerton ferry terminal in Puget Sound, Washington.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Intent to prepare an environmental assessment for commercial wind leasing and site assessment in offshore waters of North Carolina.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Not yet available.
Application from the U.S. Navy to take marine mammals incidental to proposed training and testing within the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Study Area.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the U.S. Navy to take marine mammals incidental to proposed training and testing within the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing Study Area over a five-year period.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from Cape Wind Associates for authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a high-resolution geophysical survey in Nantucket Sound.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Critical habitat and 4(d) rule for Beringia and Okhotsk distinct population segments of the bearded seal; the Arctic, Okhotsk, and Baltic subspecies of the ringed seal; and the Ladoga subspecies of ringed seal.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Not yet available.
Permit application from SeaWorld for authorization to import one Pacific white-sided dolphin from Japan.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application for permit renewal and amendment from the Clark R. Bavin National Fish and Wildlife Forensic Laboratory to acquire, possess, import, and export samples of sea otters, manatees, dugongs, polar bears, walruses and marine otters.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Application for permit renewal and amendment from the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct research on walruses in Alaska and surrounding waters.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Support for the efforts of the National Marine Fisheries Service to extend the 10-knot speed limit for vessels entering major east coast ports to protect North Atlantic right whales
Office of Management and Budget
Permit application from Dr. Paul Koch for authorization to import into the United States mummified remains from four species of seals in Antarctica.
National Science Foundation
Permit amendment requests from Joseph Mobley to conduct cetacean research off the U.S. coasts, Hawaii, Guam and the Mariana Islands; from Ann Zoidis, to conduct research on humpback and minke whales in Hawaiian waters; and Jim Darling, Ph.D., to conduct research on humpback whales in Hawaiian waters and humpback and gray whales in waters off Washington and Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Permit application from Peter Rogers, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct research on stranded cetaceans along U.S. coasts to assess the elastic properties of their head tissues.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from the Alaska Oil and Gas Association for authorization to take polar bears and Pacific walruses incidental to oil and gas exploration activities in the Chukchi Sea and the adjacent western coast of Alaska.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Petition to delist the southern resident killer whale as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Application from St. George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society to take pinnipeds by harassment incidental to aircraft operations, restoration, and maintenance at the St. George Reef Light Station on Northwest Seal Rock off the coast of Crescent City, California.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Intent to prepare an environmental assessment for an interim policy lease for Southern Company Research and Environmental Affairs to collect renewable energy data off Georgia.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Application from Apache Alaska Corporation for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to a 3D seismic survey in Cook Inlet, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Comments and recommendations on a request for an incidental harassment authorization from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on use of the best available science to carry out provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on multiple applications from Conservation Force regarding requests to import polar bear trophies from Canada
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a petition to expand critical habitat boundaries for Hawaiian monk seals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from the Jacksonville (FL) Transportation Authority for an incidental harassment authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on proposed regulations related to the taking of marine mammals incidental to the Navy’s Atlantic Fleet Active Sonar Training activities
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on proposed regulations related to the taking of marine mammals incidental to the Navy’s Southern California Range Complex training activities
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a petition to list three ice seal species as threatened or endangered
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a draft environmental assessment related to proposed changes to regulations governing consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
Department of the Interior
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking on implementation of section 304(d) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act
National Ocean Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from the PRBO Conservation Science for an incidental harassment authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a draft environmental assessment for managing the deep-set longline fishery in the eastern Pacific Ocean
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a draft environmental impact statement on training operations in the Cherry Point Range Complex
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a draft environmental statement on activities at the Keyport Range Complex
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the draft environmental impact statement on proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range activities
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendation on a draft fishery management plan for regulating offshore marine aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico
National Marine Fisheries Service and Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the draft 2008 stock assessment reports for marine mammals
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on proposed changes to regulations governing consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Commenting on the planned establishment of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees at the Service’s science centers
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from Scripps Institution of Oceanography for an incidental harassment authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the final environmental impact statement regarding efforts to reduce ship strikes of North Atlantic right whales
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Utilities and the Aleutian East Borough for an incidental harassment authorization
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a proposed rule to revise guidelines for National Standard 1 under the Magnuson-Stevens Act
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a proposed rulemaking regarding the draft Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on possible initiation of a new five-year OCS oil and gas leasing program
Minerals Management Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the advisability of requiring written reports on certain activities
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the request from Eglin Air Force Base for an incidental harassment authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a proposed rule to amend the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the draft revised stock assessment report for the southern sea otter
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a proposed rule to revise the format of the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for an incidental take authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments on need for an enforcement presence at the Children’s Pool, La Jolla CA
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Comments on the Service’s intent to promulgate small-take regulations for activities at Vandenberg AFB
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments on the draft environmental impact statement for proposed authorization of the Makah whale hunt
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the Sanctuary draft management plan and environmental assessment
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the 2009 List of Fisheries
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a proposed rule on environmental review for fishery management actions
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on proposed amendment of regulations governing vessels authorized to fish for tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments on the Navy’s draft environmental impact statement on activities at its Jacksonville Range Complex
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from the U.S. Navy seeking a Letter of Authorization relative to activities at its Cherry Point Range Complex
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from the U.S. Navy seeking a Letter of Authorization relative to activities at the Keyport Range Complex
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from United Launch Alliance for an incidental harassment authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a proposed rule to establish a mandatory ship reporting system in the Monument
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from the California Department of Transportation for an incidental harassment authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from the U.S. Navy seeking a Letter of Authorization relative to activities at the Hawaii Range Complex
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from Shell Offshore, Inc., for an incidental take authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for an incidental harassment authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from PGS Onshore, Inc., for an incidental harassment authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the draft management plan for the Monument
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the Fish and Wildlife Service’s final rule listing the polar bear as a threatened species
Department of the Interior
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from Shell Offshore, Inc., for an incidental harassment authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments on the agency’s notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement on oil and gas sale #214 in the North Aleutian Basin
Minerals Management Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a proposal to amend the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan and defer the effective date of certain regulations
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from the University of Texas, Institute of Geophysics, for an incidental harassment authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc., for an incidental harassment authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendation on a proposed rule to prohibit krill harvesting in the Exclusive Economic Zone along the U.S. West Coast
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the draft revised stock assessment report for the northern sea otter stock in Washington state
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from BP Exploration (Alaska) for an incidental harassment authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a request from the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation for an incidental harassment authorization
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a proposed marina development on the Orange River, Florida, and its potential effects on the Florida manatee
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the draft environmental impact statement on the Navy’s Southern California Range Complex activities
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the Navy’s planned training operations in the Southern California Range Complex
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the Navy’s plans for shock-testing the Mesa Verde
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the draft 2008 stock assessment reports for northern sea otters in Alaska
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Regarding its decision to delay for six months a decision on whether to list the Cook Inlet beluga whale population as endangered.
Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the draft/overseas environmental impact statement examining the individual and cumulative efforts of naval training and exercises in the Gulf of Alaska.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest
See notation at top of page.
Seeking support for efforts to maintain warm-water refuges to enhance survival of Florida manatees.
The Honorable Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida
See notation at top of page.
Seeking support for efforts to provide alternative warm-water refuges for Florida manatees.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations seeking support for efforts to provide alternative warm-water refuges for Florida manatees.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the potential revision of protection measures for Steller sea lions.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments on the advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the taking of stranded marine mammals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Commenting on the revised draft framework for developing the National System of Marine Protected Areas.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
Regarding support for co-management of subsistence harvests of marine mammals.
Indigenous Peoples’ Council for Marine Mammals
See notation at top of page.
Commenting on the draft/overseas environmental impact statement on planned activities on the Hawaii Range Complex.
Navy Pacific Missile Range
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on proposed amendments to regulations concerning experimental and exempted fishing permits and scientific research activities under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Commenting on the draft/overseas environmental impact statement concerning Atlantic Fleet Active Sonar Training activities.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic
See notation at top of page.
Requesting support for a scientific research cruise related to efforts to conserve and protect the vaquita.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
Commenting on a draft environmental impact statement concerning a proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound.
Minerals Management Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement on the Cook Inlet beluga whale harvest.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on plans to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan for the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Additional comments on the draft environmental assessment on reducing the impact of California sea lions on salmon near Bonneville Dam, Oregon.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the draft environmental assessment on reducing the impact of California sea lions on salmon near Bonneville Dam, Oregon.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the final environmental impact statement on the proposed Knik Arm bridge, Alaska.
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on Coast Guard plans to prepare a port access route study for waters off Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Department of Homeland
See notation at top of page.
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Comments and recommendations on development of a natural resources science plan for the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Hawaii.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding issuance of permits for scientific research and enhancement activities.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Reiterating comments and recommendations made previously on the proposed rule to designate critical habitat for the North Pacific right whale.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the draft recovery crediting guidance for recovery programs under the Endangered Species Act.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on research on harmful algal blooms, the effects of anthropogenic sound on marine mammals, and creation of national marine mammal data archives, following the Commission’s 2007 annual meeting.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on marine mammal observer programs, health issues related to stock assessments, and alternative methods for managing marine mammal/human interactions, following the Commission’s 2007 annual meeting.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendation on the draft five-year status review for the Caribbean monk seal.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the report of the Columbia River Pinniped-Fishery Interaction Task Force.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding northern and southern sea otters, following the Commission’s 2007 annual meeting.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Commending the governors of Washington, Oregon, and California for efforts to implement an ecosystem-based management approach for West Coast marine ecosystems, following the Commission’s 2007 annual meeting.
The governors of Washington, Oregon, and California
See notation at top of page.
Encouraging support for a concerted effort by the United States and others to act to save the vaquita from possible extinction.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the proposal to list polar bears as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the draft 2007 stock assessment reports for marine mammals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding measures to protect manatees from harassment in the Crystal River, Florida.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement regarding use of the Hawaii Range Complex.
Department of the Navy, Pacific Missile Range Facility
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on annual quotas for the subsistence hunt of bowhead whales.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendation on the Final Environmental Impact Statement on amendments to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the proposed rulemaking regarding the 2008 List of Fisheries.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the revised draft recovery plan for the western and eastern distinct population segments of Steller sea lions.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Advice to the Secretary of State to promote joint action and investment by the Mexican and U.S. governments to conserve the vaquita.
Department of State
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the proposal to list the Cook Inlet stock of beluga whales as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for seismic surveys in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Alaska.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a proposed rule on the taking of marine mammals incidental to U.S. Navy operations of SURTASS LFA sonar.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendation regarding draft summary and evaluation of the five-year review of the southern right whale listing under the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) on NOAA’s Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments on a request from the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center for a reserach permit to conduct shark control in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.
State of Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding a 12-month petition finding and proposed rule to list the polar bear under provisions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as a threatened species throughout its range.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding applications from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho seeking lethal removal authority for pinnipeds preying on salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on the effects of permitted scientific research activities on threatened and endangered Steller sea lions and depleted northern fur seals.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments responding to a 5-year review of the status of the Hawaiian monk seal under provisions of the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendation regarding the Service’s 5-year reviews of the status of fin whales, sperm whales, and southern right whales under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding recent video evidence of harassment of manatees in King Bay, Florida.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments regarding MMC’s interest in working with NMFS to organize and facilitate a meeting to develop a more effective course of action to address the current Hawaiian monk seal recovery crisis.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendation regarding the taking of Cook Inlet beluga whales by Alaska Natives.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding a proposed recovery plan for the southern resident stock of killer whales.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments on efforts by the Indigenous People’s Council for Marine Mammals to secure stable funding for Alaska Native organizations and co-management of marine mammals in Alaska.
Indigenous People’s Council for Marine Mammals
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a proposed rule to recognize the North Atlantic and North Pacific right whales as separate species consistent with taxonomy used by the scientific community and organizations.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding the Draft Framework for Developing the National System of Marine Protected Areas.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding the Draft Manatee Management Plan.
Florida Fish and Wildife Conservation Commission
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding the Draft Interim Visitor Services Plan for the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to assess possible impact on Hawaiian monk seals and spinner dolphins.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments on the Service’s proposed review of the status of the Caribbean monk seal under the Endangered Species Act, with the conclusion that the Caribbean monk seal is extinct and should be removed from the list of endangered and threatened species.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding the Draft Recovery Plan for the Hawaiian Monk Seal.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the need for the National Marine Mammal Laboratory and other NMFS research facilities to establish Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) as required under the Animal Welfare Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding a proposed rule for the 2007 List of Fisheries under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
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Comments and recommendations regarding a proposed environmental impact statement for the establishment of annual quotas for the subsistence harvest of bowhead whales by Alaska natives.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding a proposed rule to amend regulations under the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan covering gillnet fishing in the right whale calving grounds off the southeastern United States.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding proposed guidelines for establishing, revising, and using categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Council on Environmental Quality
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding the U.S. Navy’s intention to evaluate the potential environmental consequences of mine warfare and antisubmarine warfare active sonar training exercises along the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic Division
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on issues that should be addressed in an environmental impact statement to assess the potential impacts on the human environment that could result from regulations being considered to protect wild Hawaiian spinner dolphins.
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding the portions of the Knik Arm Crossing Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that pertain to marine mammals.
Federal Highway Administration
See notation at top of page.
Comments on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s proposed survey for measuring the preferences of U.S. residents regarding programs for the conservation and recovery of the Steller sea lion
U.S. Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a proposal to issue regulations that would govern the taking of marine mammals incidental to operation of the U.S. Navy’s Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) sonar
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding the draft 2006 stock assessment reports for marine mammals
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments regarding the draft Ocean Research Priorities Plan
Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding closure of the Southeast U.S. Restricted Area to all gillnet fishing
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the draft revised Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the draft recovery plans for fin whales and sperm whales
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a proposed rule to limit vessel speeds to 10 knots in certain areas to reduce collisions between ships and North Atlantic right whales
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on proposed critical habitat for the southern resident killer whale stock
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the application submitted by the U.S. Navy seeking authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) antisubmarine warfare training exercises in waters around the Hawaiian Islands
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on a proposed rulemaking regarding the 2006 List of Fisheries
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding protection of mother-calf pairs of right whales from entanglement in gillnet fisheries
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding the status review of the Cook Inlet beluga whale under the Endangered Species Act
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding the National Marine Fisheries Service’s application for permits in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine Refuge
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding the Administrative Law Judge’s recommended decision concerning long-term regulations to govern the taking by Alaska Natives of Cook Inlet beluga whales
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding comprehensive conservation planning for the Howland, Baker, and Jarvis Islands National Wildlife Refuges
Hawaiian and Pacific Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex
See notation at top of page.
Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar
Department of the Navy
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding subsistence following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2005 Annual Meeting
Indigenous People’s Council for Marine Mammals
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding subsistence following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2005 Annual Meeting
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding ecosystem research and management following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2005 Annual Meeting
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding coastal development following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2005 Annual Meeting
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding fisheries following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2005 Annual Meeting
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding contaminants following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2005 Annual Meeting
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations regarding National Marine Fisheries Service species following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2005 Annual Meeting
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft Overseas Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Statement for an Undersea Warfare Training Range off the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
Department of the Navy
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rulemaking seeking public comment on whether to promulgate regulations to protect spinner dolphins in the main Hawaiian Islands
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule to revise the current critical habitat designation for the northern right whale
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Draft Environmental Impact Statement for navigation improvements to the Delong Mountain Terminal at Portsite, Alaska
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for navigation improvements to the Delong Mountain Terminal at Portsite, Alaska
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
San Diego’s plans to take marine mammals at Children’s Pool in La Jolla
City of San Diego
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations on San Diego’s plans to take marine mammals at Children’s Pool in La Jolla
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed revisions to National Standard 1 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Review of 2005 draft stock assessment reports
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rule to implement the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Status review of the Florida manatee
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft Conservation Plan for the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Regulations intended to reduce bycatch of harbor porpoises in the northeast sink gillnet fishery
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for amending the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Potential impact on Florida manatees of the pending retirement of several power plants
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Southern killer whale status
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Environmental impact statement on new acoustic exposure criteria
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed changes to stock assessment report guidelines
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Cape Wind Energy Project
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
See notation at top of page.
Fishery-related regulations for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council
See notation at top of page.
Draft revised 2004 stock assessment reports for California-Oregon-Washington
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Review of 2004 draft stock assessment reports
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Possible change in allowable harvest of polar bears in Nunavut, Canada
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2004 Annual Meeting
U.S. Coast Guard
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2004 Annual Meeting
U.S. Department of Commerce
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2004 Annual Meeting
U.S. Department of Transportation
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations to the National Ocean Service following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2004 Annual Meeting
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2004 Annual Meeting
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations to the Fish and Wildlife Service following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2004 Annual Meeting
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations to the National Marine Fisheries Service following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2004 Annual Meeting
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations to the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Pacific Islands Regional Office following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2004 Annual Meeting
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Comments and recommendations to the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center following the Marine Mammal Commission’s 2004 Annual Meeting
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
North Atlantic right whale emergency rules
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.
Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park manatees
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
See notation at top of page.
Proposed rulemaking regarding the 2005 List of Fisheries
National Marine Fisheries Service
See notation at top of page.