Final Environmental Assessment, NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources Coordination and Continued Operation of the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network

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Final Environmental Assessment, NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources Coordination and Continued Operation of the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network

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2025

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Corporate Authors:

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

NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) ; NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; OPR (Office of Protected Resources)
Description:

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Protected Resources (OPR) leads the administration and coordination of the National Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (STSSN). The STSSN currently responds to, and documents, sick, injured, and dead sea turtles found in coastal and marine areas under U.S. jurisdiction along the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of America, and U.S. Caribbean territories. Although the STSSN has been in operation for several decades, the National Coordination role formally shifted to OPR in 2022, which prompted an evaluation of STSSN operations and development of a formal STSSN Operating Procedures Handbook, which are subject to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review. The Action under review is the Operation of the STSSN under the coordination of NMFS OPR, pursuant to the Final STSSN Operating Procedures Handbook (April 2025).
Keywords:

Environmental Impact Analysis Sea Turtles Environmental Impact Analysis Sea Turtles United States. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/fp7g-5p39
Format:

pdf
Publisher:

https://ror.org/03fy33a80
Document Type:

Environmental Assessment
Place as Subject:

Mexico, Gulf of ; America, Gulf of
Name as Subject:

Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (U.S.)
License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Rights Information:

CC0 Public Domain
Compliance:

Submitted
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