In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to USGS to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during geophysical survey activities associated with a the USGS's Mid- Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX) survey project in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to a Marine Geophysical Survey in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an incidental harassment au...
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“Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to a Marine Geophysical Survey in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean,” thefederalregister.org (August 10, 2018), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2018-17170/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-a-marine-geophysical-surv.