Regulatory Requirements, Environmental Compliance 17 Jan 2025 compliance, marine mammals, noaa, texas, marine geophysical survey, mmpa

🐬Compliance Regulations for Marine Surveys in Gulf of Mexico

In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the University of Texas at Austin (UT) to incidentally harass marine mammals during survey activities associated with a marine geophysical survey in coastal waters off Texas in the northwest (NW) Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

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