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  • 2024-28994 — Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Marine Site Characterization Surveys Off Rhode Island and Massachusetts
    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 99227
    Reading Time:about 13 minutes

    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes a change to an existing Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) issued to Bay State Wind, LLC for marine surveys off Rhode Island and Massachusetts. This modification is necessary because Bay State Wind has encountered more common dolphins than expected and requests an increase in the number they can disturb without harm (Level B harassment). The proposed modification would raise the authorized take of common dolphins from 1,485 to 2,970, with no other changes to the authorization. The public can comment on this proposed modification until December 26, 2024.

    Simple Explanation

    Imagine someone wants to look around in the ocean near Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and while doing that, they accidentally see a lot more dolphins than they thought they would. So, they asked for permission to see even more dolphins without bothering them too much, and people can say what they think about this idea until December 26, 2024.

  • 2024-29552 — Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to a Marine Geophysical Survey in the Nauru Basin of Greater Micronesia in the Northwest Pacific Ocean
    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 101555
    Reading Time:about 60 minutes

    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has granted an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography to conduct a marine geophysical survey in the Nauru Basin of Greater Micronesia, as outlined under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This authorization allows for the incidental but non-harmful disruption of 27 marine mammal species by the survey's activities, limited to Level B harassment, which includes changes in behavior due to noise. The survey will employ mitigation measures to minimize impacts on marine life, such as visual monitoring by trained observers and specific shutdown zones. NMFS has determined the survey poses a negligible impact on the coast's marine mammal populations.

    Simple Explanation

    The government has given special permission to scientists from a place called Scripps Institution of Oceanography to study the ocean in a part of the world called Nauru Basin, and they are allowed to make little noise that might make sea animals act a bit differently, but they have plans to make sure the animals stay safe.

  • 2024-28453 — Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Surveys Along the Oregon and California Coasts
    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 96645
    Reading Time:about 5 minutes

    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received a request from the University of California Santa Cruz for permission to conduct research that may incidentally affect small numbers of marine mammals along the coasts of Oregon and California over the next five years. This request, under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), aims to regulate any potential disturbances during the university's rocky intertidal monitoring work. The public is invited to provide feedback on this request by January 6, 2025. NMFS will evaluate all comments before finalizing any regulations to ensure the protection of marine mammal populations while allowing necessary research activities.

    Simple Explanation

    The University of California Santa Cruz wants to study the coastal areas of Oregon and California, and this might bother some sea animals living there. They are asking for permission, and the public can say what they think about this until early next year to help decide if it can happen.