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Date
|
Agency
|
Subject
|
More Info
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| May 2, 2013 |
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, from
September 2013 to September
2018 |
|
| May 2, 2013 |
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 year-round |
|
| May 2, 2013 |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
|
Permit renewal application
from Samuel Wasser, Ph.D.,
to collect killer whale fecal
samples over five years to
investigate hypotheses related
to the decline of the southern
resident killer whale |
|
| May 2, 2013 |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
|
Permit renewal application
from the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation
Commission to conduct
research on West Indian
manatees in the southeastern
United States over five years |
|
| May 1, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service
|
Permit application from
Silverback Films Ltd. to take by
Level B harassment up to 500
bottlenose dolphins per year
during filming to document
dolphin strand-feeding events
in waters of Bull Creek and
Hilton Head Island, South
Carolina |
|
| May 1, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service
|
Permit application from Paul
Nachtigall, Ph.D., to conduct
hearing, echolocation, and
behavioral studies on four
captive cetaceans over five
years |
|
| May 1, 2013 |
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
over a one-year period |
|
| May 1, 2013 |
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 |
|
| Apr. 30, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries
Service
|
Permit application from Daniel
Costa, Ph.D., to conduct
research on California sea lions
from California to Washington
over five years |
|
| Apr. 24, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries
Service
|
Permit application from Yoko
Mitani, Ph.D., to conduct
research on killer and gray
whales in Alaskan waters over
five years |
|
| Apr. 22, 2013 |
U.S. Department of
Transportation
|
Draft report "Arctic Marine
Transportation System:
Overview and Priorities for
Action" |
|
| Apr. 19, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service and Fish and Wildlife Service
|
Discontinuing recommendations that are incorporated as standard conditions in permits issued for marine mammal research for public display |
|
| Apr.19, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service
|
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 from June through July 2013 |
|
| Apr.19, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service
|
Permit application from Brian Skerry for authorization to film dolphins in Florida and Hawaii until March 2014 |
|
| Apr.17, 2013 |
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 for five years |
|
| Apr.15, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service and Fish and Wildlife Service
|
Discontinuing recommendations that are incorporated as standard conditions in permits issued for marine mammal research and photography |
|
| Mar. 27, 2013 |
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
|
Proposed rule regarding timing requirements for submitting a site assessment plan or general activities plan for renewable energy projects on the outer continental shelf |
|
| Mar. 12, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service
|
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 in April and May 2013 |
|
| Mar. 11, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service
|
Review of the draft North Pacific Right Whale Recovery Plan |
|
| Mar. 8, 2013 |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
|
Application from the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct research on captive polar bears over five years |
|
| Mar. 8, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries 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 in the North Atlantic Ocean from April through May 2013 |
|
| Mar. 8, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service
|
Issues related to procedures for revising consensus agreements reached by the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Team and putting a new policy in place to ensure that the take reduction process respects good faith negotiations by all sides |
|
| Mar. 8, 2013 |
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 |
|
| Mar. 8, 2013 |
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 |
|
| Mar. 7, 2013 |
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
|
Intent to prepare an environmental assessment for commercial wind leasing and site assessment in offshore waters of North Carolina |
|
| Mar. 7, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service
|
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 over a five-year period |
|
| Mar. 7, 2013 |
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 |
|
| Mar. 1, 2013 |
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 off Massachusetts from 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014 |
|
| Feb. 26, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service
|
Final rules listing the Beringia and Okhotsk distinct population segments of the bearded seal as threatened; the Arctic, Okhotsk, and Baltic subspecies of the ringed seal as threatened; and the Ladoga subspecies of ringed seal as endangered; 4(d) rule and critical habitat |
|
| Feb. 19, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service
|
Permit application from SeaWorld for authorization to import one Pacific white-sided dolphin from Japan |
|
| Feb. 19, 2013 |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife 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 from up to 10 individuals per year of sea otters, manatees, dugongs, polar bears, walruses and marine otters |
|
| Feb. 19, 2013 |
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 over five years |
|
| Feb. 15, 2013 |
Office of Management and Budgete
|
Support for the efforts of the National Marine Fisheries Service to extend the 10-knot speed limit for vessels entering major east coast ports long enough to judge its true merits |
|
| Feb. 15, 2013 |
National Science Foundation
|
Permit application from Dr. Paul Koch for authorization to import into the United States mummified remains from four species of seals in Antarctica |
|
| Feb. 13, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service
|
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 |
|
| Feb. 11, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service
|
Permit application from Peter Rogers, Ph.D., for authorization to conduct research for five years on stranded cetaceans along U.S. coasts to assess the elastic properties of their head tissues |
|
| Feb. 8, 2013 |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
|
Application from the Alaska Oil and Gas Association for authorization to take polar bears and Pacific walruses incidental to year-round oil and gas exploration activities in the Chukchi Sea and the adjacent western coast of Alaska |
|
| Feb. 4, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries
Service
|
Petition to delist the southern resident killer whale as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act |
|
| Feb. 1, 2013 |
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 |
|
| Jan. 14, 2013 |
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
|
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 |
|
| Jan. 9, 2013 |
National Marine Fisheries Service
|
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 |
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