WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a notice called: Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Oregon Department of Transportation's Yaquina Bay Dolphin Replacement Project in Newport, Oregon.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 3 by Kimberly Damon-Randall, Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Summary: NMFS received a request from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the renewal of their currently active incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to take marine mammals incidental to construction activities for the Yaquina Bay Dolphin Replacement Project in Newport...