Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act (

Cooperative research and cooperative management : a review with recommendations

Corporate Authors:

United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Cooperative Research and Cooperative Management Working Group,

Published Date:

2015

Series:

NOAA tech. memo. NMFS-F/SPO ; 156

Description:

"For several years, NOAA Fisheries has carried out cooperative management and cooperative research under several statutes. A diverse group of environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGO), fishing industry, and academic stakeholders sent a lett...

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Sources of Human-Related Injury and Mortality for U.S. Pacific West Coast Marine Mammal Stock Assessments, 2014-2018

Personal Author:

Carretta, James V.; Delean, Blair; Helker, V. T.; Muto, M. (Marcia); Greenman, Justin; Wilkinson, Kristin Marie; Lawson, Daniel D.; Viezbicke, Justin; Jannot, Jason Earl;

Corporate Authors:

United States. National Marine Fisheries Service.. Southwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).

Published Date:

2020

Series:

NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC ; 631

Description:

The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) requires the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to document human-caused mortality, non-serious injury (NSI), and serious injury (SI) of marine mammals, as part of marine mammal stock assessments and to e...

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Winter surveys at the Channel Islands and Point Conception reveal population growth of northern elephant seals and residence counts of other pinnipeds

Personal Author:

Lowry, Mark S.; Jaime, Elizabeth M.; Nehasil, Stephanie E.; Betcher, Amy E.; Condit, Richard;

Corporate Authors:

United States. National Marine Fisheries Service.. Southwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).

Published Date:

2020

Series:

NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC ; 627

Description:

Winter surveys of the Channel Islands and Point Conception were conducted during 2002-2018 to (1) derive estimates of northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) births for estimating population growth rates and abundance, (2) estimate pre-censu...

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Seabird Bycatch Estimates for Alaska Groundfish Fisheries : 2019

Personal Author:

Krieger, Joseph, R.; Eich, Anne Marie;

Corporate Authors:

United States. National Marine Fisheries Service

Published Date:

2020

Series:

NOAA technical memorandum NMFS F/AKR ; 24

Description:

"NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) annually updates estimates of seabirds caught as bycatch in commercial groundfish and halibut fisheries operating in Federal waters off Alaska. This annual report details seabird bycatch es...

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Biological Opinion on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's Issuance of Five Oil and Gas Permits for Geological and Geophysical Seismic Surveys off the Atlantic Coast of the United States, and the National Marine Fisheries Services' Issuance of Associated Incidental Harassment Authorizations

Corporate Authors:

United States. National Marine Fisheries Service

Published Date:

2018

Series:

ESA Section 7 Consultation

Description:

The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. §1531 et seq.) establishes a national program for conserving threatened and endangered species of fish, wildlife, plants, and the habitat they depend on. Section 7(a)(2) of the ESA requi...

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Biological Opinion on (1) United States Navy’s Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active Sonar Routine Training and Testing Activities in the Western and Central North Pacific and Eastern Indian Oceans from August 2019 and continuing into the reasonably foreseeable future (2) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division’s Promulgation of Regulations and Issuance of a Letter of Authorization for the United States Navy to “Take” Marine Mammals Incidental to Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active Sonar routine training and testing activities in the Western and Central North Pacific and Eastern Indian Oceans from August 2019 to August 2026