National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration August 17, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2012-20216
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-08-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Steller Sea Lion Mitigation Committee (SSLMC) will meet in September, in Juneau, AK.
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Hearings
Document Number: 2012-20215
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-08-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public hearings to allow for public input on Amendment 3 to the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Marine Seismic Survey in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Alaska
Document Number: 2012-20173
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-08-17
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS received an application from ION Geophysical (ION) for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take marine mammals, by harassment only, incidental to a proposed marine seismic survey in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Alaska, between October and December 2012. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an IHA to ION to take, by harassment, nine species of marine mammals during the specified activity.
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