Active Biological Opinions

Endangered Species Act Section 7 Program

Active Fisheries Biological Opinions

• American Lobster - 2014
• Northeast Multispecies, Monkfish, Spiny Dogfish, Atlantic Bluefish, Northeast Skate Complex, Mackerel/Squid/Butterfish, and Summer Flounder/Scup/Black Sea Bass Fisheries - 2013
  • Batched Fisheries Amended ITS - 2016
• Atlantic Sea Scallop - 2012
  • Atlantic Sea Scallop Amended ITS - 2015
• Poundnet - 2004
• Red Crab - 2002
• Tilefish – 2001
• ALWTRP - 1997

For Inactive Fisheries Biological Opinions, please visit Archive.

Active Biological Opinions by Action Agency (Non-Fisheries)

• ACOE
  • Cooke Aquaculture - 2016
  • Delaware River Deepening Reinitiation – 2015
  • Use of sand borrow areas for beach nourishment and hurricane protection, offshore Delaware and New Jersey - 2014
  • Sea Bright Offshore Burrow Area Batch - 2014
  • Deepwater Wind_Reinitiation - 2015
    • Amended ITS for Deepwater Wind - July 2015
  • Delaware River Philadelphia to the Sea Maintenance - 2013
  • Bath Iron Works Dredging and Brake Wheel - 2012
  • Chesapeake Bay Entrance Channels Batch - 2012
  • James River Federal Navigation Channel Maintenance Dredging - 2012
  • NY Harbor Deepening - 2012
  • Sandbridge Beach Dredging - 2012
  • Black Island Net Pens - 2011
  • Central Maine Power Augusta Gas Works Coal Tar Remediation - 2011
  • Greater Augusta Utility District Bond Brook CSO - 2011
  • Cianbro Brewer Module Facility – 2007
  • Sconset Beach – 2007
  • Winthrop Shores Reservation – 2007
  • Atlantic Coast of Maryland Shoreline – 2006
  • American Sugar – 2004
  • Ferry Landings – 2004
  • State of Maine Aquaculture - 2003
• BOEM
  • Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Advancement Project - 2016
  • BOEM OCS Wind Energy - 2013
  • Cape Wind Energy Project 2010 Reinitiation - 2010
• Coast Guard
  • USCG – 1998
• EPA
  • Kennebec River Fish Assemblage Study NER - 2014
  • National Rivers and Streams Assessment - 2014
  • Ches Bay Standards - January 2012
  • Washington Aqueduct – 2008
• FERC
  • Holyoke Hydroelectric Project – 2015
  • Licenses for the Lockwood, Shawmut, Weston , Brunswick , and
    Lewiston Falls Projects - 2013
  • Mattaceunk ISPP - 2013
  • Black Bear Hydro Penobscot Project - 2012
  • Green Island Relicensing - 2011
  • HydroKennebec Interim Species Protection Plan - 2012
  • Pejepscot Hydro Atlantic salmon ISPP - 2012
  • PRRP Opinion - 2012
  • Worumbo - 2012
  • Verdant Trawl Survey - 2012
  • Crown Landing LNG – 2006
• FHWA
  • Tappan Zee Bridge Replacement (Reinitiation, 2016)
  • Richmond-Dresden Bridge Replacement - 2012
  • Scudders Falls Bridge -  2010
  • Brewer Dam Removal – 2008
• MARAD
  • Northeast Gateway LNG – 2014
    • Northeast Gateway Amendment - 2014
  • Neptune LNG – 2010
    • Neptune Incidental Take Statement - 2016
    • Neptune Incidental Harassment Statement - 2016
• Navy
  • Dam Neck Annex – 2012
  • JEB Fort Story - 2012
    • JEB Fort Story Amendment - 2012
• NASA
  • NASA's SRIPP - 2012
• NRC
  • Continued operation of Salem and Hope Creek nuclear facilities - 2014
  • Continued Operations of Indian Point Units 2 and 3 - 2013
  • Oyster Creek Continued Operations - 2011
• NMFS
  • NEFSC Programmatic for Fisheries and Ecosystem Research - 2016
• USFWS
  • Tribal Grant Alewife Study St. Croix - 2015
  • State Fisheries Surveys 2013
• USGS
  • Sea Run Brook Trout Research – 2008

For Inactive Non-Fisheries Biological Opinions, please visit the Archive.

For more information

• Archived Greater Atlantic Region (GARFO) Biological Opinions
• Headquarters (HQ) Biological Opinions
• Alaska Region (AKR) Biological Opinions
• Pacific Islands Region (PIR) Biological Opinions
• Southeast Region (SER) Biological Opinions
• West Coast Region (WCR) Biological Opinions