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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
- Transmittal
Memo - ESA Section 7 Consultation on the American Lobster
Management Plans - June 14, 2001
- Reinitiation
of Consultation on the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
Fishery Management Plan and its Associated Fisheries
- June 8, 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:
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:
For published copies of any of these publications, write to:
Office of Protected Resources
1315 East-West Highway, 13th Floor
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
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