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Review Pending Applications and Select Permits

Overview
Below is a selection of applications and permits managed by the Permits, Conservation and Education Division. This is not a comprehensive list, but represents some of the more frequently requested. Also available for review are:

Applications are announced with a notice in the Federal Register. You may submit comments on permit applications during the official public comment period listed in the notice via:

Email: NMFS.PR1Comments@noaa.gov (include appropriate file number in subject)
Fax: 301-427-2521
Mail:
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division
Office of Protected Resources
NOAA Fisheries (F/PR1)
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226


MMPA Permits and Applications

Permit Application for Sea World, Inc., for the import of one beluga whale from Canada
Application Date: August 2007
Permit Application [pdf] [68 KB]


Permit Information for Mystic Aquarium (File No. 10028; acquisition of releasable stranded pinnipeds for the purpose of public display)
Application Date: August 2007
Permit Application [pdf] [68 KB]


Permit Application for Behavioral Response Study (NOAA Office of Science & Technology: File No. 1121-1900)
» more info on the Behavioral Response Study on Andros Island, Bahamas
Permit Amendment Application (File No. 1121-1900-01) [pdf] [1.8 MB]
Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment for Permit Amendment [pdf] [171 KB]
Federal Register notice of receipt of application for amendment (73 FR 17957; April 2, 2008) [pdf] [52 KB]
Permit 1121-1900 (issued 8/13/2007) [pdf] [387 KB]
Biological Opinion [pdf] [470 KB]
Environmental Assessment with Finding of No Significant Impact [pdf] [8.3 MB]
Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) [pdf] [1.2 MB]
Permit Application [pdf] [606 KB]
Federal Register notice (72 FR 19181; April 17, 2007) [pdf] [60 KB]
Marine Mammal Commission comments [pdf] [487 KB]
Public comments [pdf] [4.1 MB]


Permit Information for the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums (Permit No. 1076-1789) - Issued Date: April 2007
Permit [pdf] [551 KB]
Current Co-investigator (CI) List [pdf] [88 KB]


Permit Applications for Steller sea lions (SSL) and northern fur seals (NFS)

NMFS received 13 applications for permits for research on Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) and northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursuinus). These applications were available for comment through April 30, 2007.

A number of these permits were issued on June 18, 2007 (72 FR 35427, June 28, 2007). Two additional permits were issued on July 17, 2007 (72 FR 41064, July 26, 2007).

Applicant File Number Application Permit
Alaska Dept. Fish & Game 358-1888 [Application]
[1.2 MB]
[Permit]
[234 KB]
Alaska SeaLife Center 881-1745 [Application]
[1.3 MB]
[Permit]
[834 KB]
Alaska SeaLife Center 881-1890 [Application]
[583 KB]
[Permit]
[1.2 MB]
Alaska SeaLife Center 881-1893 [Application]
[129 KB]
[Permit]
[780 KB]
Dr. Markus Horning (OSU) 1034-1887 [Application]
[805 KB]
[Permit]
[924 KB]
NMFS National Marine Mammal Laboratory 782-1889 [Application]
[374 KB]
[Permit]
[315 KB]
North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium 715-1883 [Application]
[288 KB]
[Permit]
[779 KB]
North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium 715-1884 [Application]
[210 KB]
[Permit]
[876 KB]
North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium 715-1885 [Application]
[396 KB]
[Permit]
[1.1 MB]
Oregon Dept. Fish and Wildlife 434-1892 [Application]
[235 KB]
[Permit]
[1.0 MB]
St. Paul Island 1118-1881 [Application]
[249 KB]
[Permit]
[987 KB]
St. George Island 1119-1882 [Application]
[251 KB]
[Permit]
[977 KB]
Kate Wynne (UAF) 1049-1886 [Application]
[259 KB]
[Permit]
[800 KB]

» Archived permits and applications

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