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MMPA Turns 40
Protecting Marine Mammals Since 1972
- Scientific Research Permit Applications Currently Open for Comment, ongoing
Comment on Our Actions
- 09/17/2012
- ION Geophysical IHA application for marine seismic survey in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Alaska through 09/17/2012
- 08/23/2012
- IHA Application for Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Surveys on the South Farallon Islands, CA through 09/24/2012
- 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
- 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
- 09/09/2012
- Updated data on increase in sea turtle strandings in the Gulf of Mexico
- 09/09/2012
- Updated data on dolphin/ whale (Cetacean) Unusual Mortality Event in Northern Gulf of Mexico
- 08/30/2012
- Georgia Aquarium permit application to import 18 beluga whales for public display
- 08/27/2012
- 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List Five Species of Sturgeon as Threatened or Endangered Under the ESA
- 08/27/2012
- 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Queen Conch as Threatened or Endangered Under the ESA
- 08/17/2012
- NMFS Announces the extension of the public comment period on the bowhead subsistence quota DEIS to August 31, 2012
- 08/07/2012
- 2012 Draft Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports
- 08/06/2012
- Update: Draft Programmatic EIS concerning Effects of Oil and Gas Activities in the Arctic Ocean
- 08/01/2012
- NMFS announces 90-day finding on petition to delist Hawaiian green turtle population
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