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Frequently Requested Biological Opinions

• Biological Opinion - Proposed Modification of Permits Authorizing Installation and Maintenance of Aqualculture Net Pens withing the State of Maine - November 19, 2003.
• Alaska Groundfish Biological Opinion for 2002 and Final Supplement - October 19, 2001 and June 19, 2003.
• Biological Opinion - Minerals Management Service's Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Multi-Lease Sale (PDF) - November 29, 2002
• Biological Opinion - Shrimp Trawling in the Southeastern United States - Amendments to Turtle Excluder Device (TED) Regulations
• Final Environmental Assessment on Effects of Research on Steller Sea Lions- June 26, 2002
• Biological Opinion - operation of the U.S. Navy's Sureveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active Sonar (SURTASS LFA)
• Transmittal Memo - ESA Section 7 Consultation on the Multispecies, Spiny Dogfish, and Monkfish Fishery Management Plans - June 14, 2001
  • Biological Opinion - Authorization of fisheries under the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan
  • Biological Opinion - Authorization of fisheries under Monkfish Fishery Management Plan
  • Biological Opinion - Authorization of fisheries under the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
  • Appendix A for Dogfish, Multispecies and Monkfish Biological Opinions (hosted from NMFS-Northeast Fisheries Science Center website)
• Transmittal Memo - ESA Section 7 Consultation on the American Lobster Management Plans - June 14, 2001
  • Reinitiation of Consultation on the Federal Lobster Management Plan in the Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Appendix A for Lobster Biological Opinion (hosted from NMFS-Northeast Fisheries Science Center website)
• Reinitiation of Consultation on the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan and its Associated Fisheries  - June 8, 2001 
  • Errata Sheet - Memo to the record - June 14, 2001
  • Estimating the Bycatch of Sea Turtles in Fisheries - Appendix A
  • Post-hooking survival studies - Appendix B
  • Compliance with Past Requirements under Previous Consultations - Appendix C
  • Literature Cited -
  • Errata Sheet - Memo to the record - August 10, 2001 -
• Final Biological Opinion on Proposed Authorization of Pelagic Fisheries under the Fishery Management Plan for the Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region - March 30, 2001 (hosted from the NMFS-Southwest Region's web page)
• Alaska Groundfish Biological Opinion - November 30, 2000  
• California/Oregon Drift Gillnet Fishery Biological Opinion - October 23, 2000  
• Columbia Basin Fall 2000 Fisheries Biological Opinion and Environmental Assessment
• Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan Biological Opinion - June 30,  2000  
• Alaska Groundfish Biological Opinion for 2000 - December 23, 1999
• Alaska Groundfish Biological Opinion - December 1998
• US Army Corps of Engineers Guidance on Indirect Effects - ESA Consultations - 11/24/99
• Pacific Salmon Treaty Biological Opinion - 11/19/99

Other Reports and Documents

Marine Turtles:

• Environmental Assessment for Testing Longline Fishing Gear and Techniques to Avoid Catching Turtles in the Pacific Under the Endangered Species Act (Permit No. 1303) - February 2002
• Assessment Update for the Kemp's Ridley and Loggerhead Sea Turtle Populations in the Western North Atlantic.  A Report of the Turtle Expert Working Group.  NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-SEFSC-444 (2000-56MB THIS IS A VERY LARGE FILE)
• An Assessment of the Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Sea Turtle Populations in the Western North Atlantic.  A Report of the Turtle Expert Working Group.  NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-SEFSC-409  (1998 - 18.1MB)
• Contingency Plan to Reduce Shrimp Trawler Related Mortality to the Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) (1995)
• Evaluation of TED Opening Dimensions Relative to Size of Turtles Stranding in the Western North Atlantic.  NMFS-SEFSC-PRD-98/99-08 (1998/99 - 352kb) 
• Evaluation of a Fisheries Model for the Harvest of Hawksbill Sea Turtles, Eretmochelys imbicata, in Cuba. NMFS-OPR-5, 48 p. (September 1995) 
• Pelagic Longline Fishery - Sea Turtle Interactions: Proceedings of an Industry, Academic and Government Experts, and Stakeholders Workshop Held in Silver Spring, MD, 24-25 May 1994. NMFS-OPR-7, 77 p. (February 1996) (1.4MB)
• Proceedings of the Symposia on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology

Marine Mammals:

• Viewing Marine Mammals in the Wild: A Workshop to Discuss Responsible Guidelines and Regulations for Minimizing Disturbance- Contact us for copy of report.
• Bahamas Beaked Whale Report
• Bahamas Beaked Whale Report 1-Page Summary
• Makah Whaling Draft Assessment(January 12, 2001)
• Marine Aquaculture, Marine Mammals, and Marine Turtles Interactions Workshop Held in Silver Spring, Maryland 12-13 January, 1999. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-16 (November 1999) 
• Proceedings of the Workshop to Review and Evaluate Whale Watching Programs and Management Needs, November 14-16, 1988, Monterey, California (6.5M)
• Impacts of California Sea Lions and Pacific Harbor Seals on Salmonids and on the Coastal Ecosystems of Washington, Oregon, and California NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-28 (March 1997) 
• Coastal Stock(s) of Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin: Status Review and Management. Proceedings and Recommendations from a Workshop Held in Beaufort, North Carolina, 13-14 September 1993. (NMFS-OPR-4) 120 p. (October 1994) (11.7Mb)
• Acoustic Deterrence of Harmful Marine Mammal-Fishery Interactions: Proceedings of a Workshop held in Seattle, Washington, 20-22 March 1996 (NMFS-OPR-10)
• Report of the Workshop to Assess Research and Other Needs and Opportunities Related to Humpback Whale Management in the Hawaiian Islands. (NMFS-OPR-11) 134p. (February 1997)
• Conservation Plan for the Northern Fur Seal
• Quantitative Behavioral Study of Bottlenose Dolphins in Swim-With-The-Dolphin Programs in the United States (April 25, 1995) (5.6Mb)
• Report to Congress on Results of Feeding Wild Dolphins: 1989-1994 (July 1994). (5M)
• North Atlantic Right Whale Biology and Management: A Compilation of Recent Reports by NMFS Biologists and Contractors 1999-2001, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA (February 2002)

Marine and Anadromous Fishes:

• Pacific Salmon Publications (from the NMFS-NW Regional Website)
• Interagency Salvage Program Review. October 8, 1996. 
• Synopsis of Biological Data on Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum. October, 1984 (NMFS-14) 45p. 

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