Biological Opinion on the National Science Foundation-funded seismic survey in the North Pacific Ocean, and issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization pursuant to section 101(a)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)

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Biological Opinion on the National Science Foundation-funded seismic survey in the North Pacific Ocean, and issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization pursuant to section 101(a)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)

2018
Series: ESA Section 7 Consultation

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Alternative Title:

National Marine Fisheries Service Endangered Species Act Section 7 Biological Opinion
Corporate Authors:

United States. National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; OPR (Office of Protected Resources)
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 requires Federal agencies to insure that their actions are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of endangered or threatened species or adversely modify or destroy their designated critical habitat. Federal agencies must do so in consultation with National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for threatened or endangered species (ESA-listed), or designated critical habitat that may be affected by the action that are under NMFS jurisdiction (50 C.F.R. §402.14(a)). If a Federal action agency determines that an action “may affect, but is not likely to adversely affect” endangered species, threatened species, or designated critical habitat and NMFS concur with that determination for species under NMFS jurisdiction, consultation concludes informally (50 C.F.R. §402.14(b)).
Keywords:

Conservation Fishes Marine Mammals Permit Plants Research Seismic Refraction Method Wildlife Habitat Improvement Marine Mammals Seismic Refraction Method Wildlife Habitat Improvement
Series:

ESA Section 7 Consultation
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/x4cz-m017
Format:

PDF
Consultation Number:

FPR-2018-9269
Document Type:

Biological Opinion
Place as Subject:

North Pacific Ocean
Name as Subject:

National Science Foundation (U.S.) ; Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (United States) ; United States. Endangered Species Act of 1973 ; United States. National Marine Fisheries Service ; National Science Foundation (U.S.) ; Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (United States) ; United States. Endangered Species Act of 1973 ; United States. National Marine Fisheries Service
Rights Information:

Public Domain
Compliance:

Submitted
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:a52e627d72d2289e0419f2bb70ea822ba537996e9b801d8481fbbe49eea45cc1
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19785/noaa_19785_DS1.pdf
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