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Open Water Season

2015
Series: ESA Section 7 Consultation

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NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; AKR (Alaska Region) ; ESA Section 7(Endangered Species Act)
Description:

This opinion considers the effects of the issuance of an IHA to take marine mammals by harassment under the MMPA incidental to open-water seismic surveys by SAE in the nearshore waters of the the U.S. Beaufort Sea from July 1 to October 15, 2015. These actions have the potential to affect the endangered bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), threatened Arctic subspecies of ringed seal (Phoca hispida hispida), and Beringia DPS of bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus nauticus).1 Although the action area overlaps with proposed ringed seal critical habitat, proposed ringed seal critical habitat is not included in this consultation because the designation is not expected to be finalized in 2015.
Keywords:

Bearded Seal Bowhead Whale Incidental Take (Endangered Species) Ringed Seal Bearded Seal Bowhead Whale Incidental Take (Endangered Species) Ringed Seal
Series:

ESA Section 7 Consultation
Format:

PDF
Consultation Number:

AKR-2015-9451
Document Type:

Biological Opinion
Place as Subject:

Beaufort Sea ; Alaska
Rights Information:

Public Domain
Compliance:

Library
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:5decbb512f824a4537747f5251e7e159086c1d77427ad19235ec67354837ff0c
Download URL:

https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/17159/noaa_17159_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 4.68 MB ]

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