National Marine Fisheries Service Endangered Species Act Section 7 Biological and Conference Opinion Biological and Conference 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 2026 and continuing into the reasonably foreseeable future, and (2)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s NationalMarine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permitsand Conservation Division’s Promulgation of Regulations andIssuance of a Letter of Authorization for the United States Navyto “Take” Marine Mammals Incidental to Surveillance TowedArray Sensor System Low Frequency Active Sonar routinetraining and testing activities in the Western and Central NorthPacific and Eastern Indian Oceans from August 2026 to August2033

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• Alternative Title:
  Biological and Conference 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 2026 and continuing into the reasonably foreseeable future, and (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 2026 to August 2033
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Office of Protected Resources
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; OPR (Office of Protected Resources)
• Keywords:
  Balaenoptera Borealis Balaenoptera Musculus Balaenoptera Physalus Caretta Caretta Chelonia Mydas Dermochelys Coriacea Eretmochelys Imbricata Eschrichtius Robustus Eubalaena Japonica Eumetopias Jubatus Lepidochelys Olivacea Megaptera Novaeangliae Military Neomonachus Schauinslandi Phoca Hispida Ochotensis Phoca Largha Physeter Macrocephalus Pseudorca Crassidens Balaenoptera Borealis Balaenoptera Musculus Balaenoptera Physalus Caretta Caretta Chelonia Mydas Dermochelys Coriacea Eretmochelys Imbricata Eschrichtius Robustus Eubalaena Japonica Eumetopias Jubatus Lepidochelys Olivacea Megaptera Novaeangliae Neomonachus Schauinslandi Phoca Hispida Ochotensis Phoca Largha Physeter Macrocephalus Pseudorca Crassidens

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• Series:
  ESA Section 7 Consultation
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/jt58-yz07
• Publisher:
  pdf
• Consultation Number:
  OPR-2025-03521
• Document Type:
  Biological Opinion
• Place as Subject:
  North Pacific Ocean ; Northern Mariana Islands ; United States
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
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