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MMPA Turns 40
Protecting Marine Mammals Since 1972
Comment on Our Actions
- 08/29/2012
- Revisions to the Regulations for Impact Analyses of Critical Habitat through 10/23/2012
- 09/13/2012
- LOA Application for Port Dolphin Florida LNG Construction and Operation through 10/25/2012
- More Actions Currently Open for Comment
Welcome to the Office of Protected Resources
The Office of Protected Resources (OPR) is a headquarters program office of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service, or NMFS), under the U.S. Department of Commerce, with responsibility for protecting marine mammals and endangered marine life.
NOAA's Office of Protected Resources works to conserve, protect, and recover species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) in conjunction with our Regional Offices, Science Centers, and various partners.
Recent News and Hot Topics
- 10/14/2012
- Updated data on dolphin/ whale (Cetacean) Unusual Mortality Event in Northern Gulf of Mexico
- 10/10/2012
- 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List Nassau Grouper under the Endangered Species Act
- 10/10/2012
- NMFS Initiates 5-year review of four sea turtles (Kemp's ridley, olive ridley, leatherback, and hawksbill)
- 10/01/2012
- Georgia Aquarium permit application to import 18 beluga whales for public display
- 10/01/2012
- Northeast Sink Gillnet Fishery Closure to Protect Harbor Porpoise in Gulf of Maine Delayed until February 2013
- 09/30/2012
- Updated data on increase in sea turtle strandings in the Gulf of Mexico
- 09/28/2012
- 90-day Finding on Petitions to List the Northeastern Pacific Ocean Distinct Population Segment of Great White Shark
- 09/19/2012
- Pacific Gas and Electric IHA Application for Marine Geophysical Survey off the Central Coast of California, Nov-Dec 2012
- 09/18/2012
- Comment Period Reopened on Proposed Endangered Status for the Hawaiian Insular False Killer Whale DPS
- 09/11/2012
- Negative 90-day finding on a petition to delist the Southern Oregon/ Northern California Coast ESU of coho salmon under the Endangered Species Act
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