Download or read book Environmental Assessment for Issuance of a Scientific Research Permit for Cetacean Studies in the Pacific Arctic and Atlantic Oceans written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "NMFS proposes to issue scientific research Permit No. 14245 to authorize research during vessel and aerial surveys of 33 species of cetacean and eight species of pinnipeds. Research activities would include photoidentification, observation, biological sampling, tagging, captures, and a suite of procedures performed during capture. A small number of accidental mortalities would be authorized for capture work. The purpose of the research is to evaluate trends, abundance and distribution of marine mammals over long periods of time for scientific and management purposes. Individual animals could experience short-lived harassment, injury or death, in a minor number of cases. However, impacts from the research would be minimal to populations and species"--Cover letter.
Download or read book Environmental Assessment for the Issuance of a Scientific Research Permit for Cetacean Surveys in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to issue a scientific research permit for takes of marine mammals in the wild, pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The permit would be valid for five years from the date of issuance and would authorize harassment of several cetacean species for observations, photo-identification, videography, passive acoustic recordings, and biopsy sampling during vessel surveys and the import and/or export of parts. The action area for the proposed study includes regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The objectives of the proposed research are to determine contaminant levels and culture cells from cetacean species while collecting data on abundance, movement and distribution patterns, habitat use, energetics, behaviors, and stock and social structures. Under NOAA Administrative Order 216-6, NMFS' issuance of scientific research permits pursuant to MMPA Section 104 is, in general categorically excluded from requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) or environmental impact statement (EIS). However, an EA has been prepared to facilitate a more thorough assessment of potential impacts on endangered and threatened species"--Page [1].
Download or read book Environmental Assessment for Issuance of a Scientific Research Permit for Cetacean Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "NMFS proposes to issue scientific research Permit No. 15330 to authorize research during vessel and aerial surveys of 40 species of cetacean and seven species of pinnipeds. Research activities would include photoidentification, acoustic recording, biological sample collection, and dart and suction cup tagging. The purpose of research is to determine the abundance, distribution, stock structure of cetaceans, movement patterns, habitat use, and diving behavior of cetaceans in U.S. territorial and international waters. Individual animals could experience short-lived harassment or injury in a minor number of cases. However, impacts from the research would be minimal to populations and species"--Cover letter.
Download or read book Environmental Assessment EA on the Issuance of a Scientific Research Permit permit No 16549 to the S O Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center CAFRC to Conduct Research Activities on Endangered Wild and Captive Shortnose Sturgeon written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center; USGS, Box 796 (One Migratory Way, Turners Falls, Massachusetts 01376), is requesting authorization for a scientific research permit for takes of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in the wild and captivity pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq.). The applicant proposes to determine up and downstream migrations, habitat use, spawning periodicity, and seasonal movements of shortnose sturgeon in the Connecticut River (from Agawam, MA to Montague, MA). The applicant also proposes short-term captive animal research of wild origin shortnose sturgeon in laboratory tests of up- and downstream fish passage studies, swimming performance tests, tagging studies, anesthesiology, behavior, physiology, and contaminant studies. Furthermore, the applicant requests authorization for collecting fertilized embryo from the Merrimack River (MA), Kennebec River, and Androscoggin River (ME), to produce non-releasable progeny for larval research in the laboratory. The permit would be valid for five years upon issuance.
Download or read book Environmental Assessment written by Brandi T. Noble and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "NMFS is responsible for the management of Federal fishery resources. Scientific research is an important means of gathering valuable information about fish species and is necessary for making informed management decisions on these fish stocks. NMFS conducts Resource Assessment surveys to aid in the development of an index of relative abundance for fishery stock assessments in the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Gear research is also conducted with the primary focus of research being the development of sea turtle and finfish bycatch mitigation measures for commercial trawl fisheries. The proposed research activities are expected to ultimately contribute to management decisions about fisheries that would potentially have positive social or economic impacts and aide in the recovery and conservation of protected species. The more data available regarding the health of these fish stocks and protected resources, the better NMFS is able maintain a productive and sustainable fishery balanced with ecosystem needs"--Purpose and need [first page of unnumbered EA].
Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Assessment SEA on the Issuance of a Modified Scientific Research Permit File No 16436 01 to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to Conduct Scientific Research on Endangered Shortnose and Atlantic Sturgeon in the Hudson River written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to the receipt of an application from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), NMFS, Office of Protected Resources (PR) proposes to modify Permit No. 16436 and terminate Permit No. 16439 pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Both permits are held by the NYSDEC. The Permit Holder proposes to continue studying the population dynamics and seasonal habitat use of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) authorized in Permit 16436 and proposes to consolidate the existing takes of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in Permit 16439 and then terminate Permit No. 16439 upon issuance of the modification. The Permit Holder also requests increasing the numbers and procedures for taking both Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon to meet new objectives, including tracking movement, habitat and diet changes in response to major construction projects on the Hudson River. The modification would be valid through the expiration date of the original permit on April 5, 2017.
Download or read book Environmental Assessment for the Issuance of 12 Scientific Research Permits for Research on Atlantic Sturgeon written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The proposed action is issuance of 12 scientific research permits that would authorize research activities on Atlantic sturgeon. These activities would include capture, morphometric measurements, photography, collection of tissue, blood, and fin ray samples, use of external identification and passive integrated transponder tags, external tag telemetry attachment, internal telemetry tag implantation, anesthetizing, laproscopic and boroscopic procedures, gastric lavage, biopsy sample collection and the directed mortality of eggs and larvae. A limited number of unintentional mortalities would be authorized. This research would create a better understanding of sturgeon movements and habitat utilization, spawning, population demographics, genetic structure, foraging behavior, and threats posed by anthropogenic impacts. Specific objectives for each permit vary, but all would continue long-term research. Impacts from these activities would be short-term and minimal to individual animals and negligible to the species. A biological opinion concluded that the proposed action would not likely jeopardize the continued existence of the species and would not likely destroy or adversely modify designated critical habitat. The permits would be valid for five years"--Cover letter; Portfolio comprised of three related PDF documents digitized and organized by: NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration (PPI) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) staff.
Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Assessment SEA on the Issuance of a Modified Scientific Research Permit file No 16482 01 to the Warnell School of Forest Resources Fisheries Division to Conduct Scientific Research on Endangered Shortnose and Atlantic Sturgeon in Georgia and Florida Waters written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to the receipt of an application for a permit modification from Warnell School of Forest Resources, Fisheries Division [hereinafter, Permit Holder, and Douglas Peterson, PhD, Responsible Party (RP)/Principal Investigator (PI)], University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602], NMFS, Office of Protected Resources (PR) proposes to modify Permit No. 16482 to include additional "takes" of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) and Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).The permit holder proposes to continue studying the population dynamics and seasonal habitat use of Atlantic sturgeon in the rivers and estuaries as currently authorized in Permit 16482 in the Savannah (GA/SC), Ogeechee (GA), Altamaha (GA), Satilla (GA), and Saint Marys Rivers (GA/FL). The Permit Holder is authorized to capture Atlantic sturgeon with gill nets and trammel nets and also measure, weigh, genetic tissue sample, PIT tag and Floy tag, acoustic tag, laparoscope, biopsy, anesthetize, gastric lavage, fin ray clip, acoustic tag and to collect early life stages. However, the permit holder now proposes to combine takes of shortnose sturgeon, which were previously authorized under separate permits while fishing concurrently for Atlantic sturgeon. One existing shortnose sturgeon permit in Georgia waters would be terminated when the modification is issued, while other expired shortnose sturgeon permits would be reapplied for as previously authorized. The permit holder also requests taking 100 blood samples from both species captured from the Altamaha River. Further, the modification expands the project area to include northeast Florida's Nassau and St. Johns rivers and adjoining waterways, as well as to authorize the take of shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon. The modification would be valid through the expiration date of the original permit on April 5, 2017.
Download or read book Environmental Assessment EA on the Effects of the Issuance of a Scientific Research Permit file No 16439 to Conduct Scientific Research on Shortnose Sturgeon in the Hudson River written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The current Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzed the effects of shortnose sturgeon research on the environment within the Hudson River Estuary. Specifically, the applicant is seeking a five-year scientific research permit characterizing habitat use, population abundance, reproduction, juvenile recruitment, age and growth, temporal and spatial distributions, diet selectivity, and contamination load of shortnose sturgeon captured from the Hudson River Estuary from New York Harbor to Troy Dam. The applicant would use anchored and drift gill nets and trawls capturing up to 240 and 2,340 shortnose sturgeon during year 1-3 and year 4-5, respectively. Research activities would also include: measuring, weighing; tagging unmarked individuals with passive integrated transponder and Floy tags; and sampling tissue for genetic analysis. A first subset of fish would be anesthetized and tagged with acoustic transmitters; a second subset would have fin rays sampled for ageing; and a third subset of fish would have gastric contents lavaged for diet analysis, as well as have blood samples taken for contaminant testing. A total of four unintended mortalities are requested over the life of the permit. TIle proposed action analyzed in the EA would not have significant environmental effects on the target or non-target species; public health and safety would not affected; no unique geographic area would be affected; and the effects of this study would not be highly uncertain, nor would they involve unique or unknown risks. Issuance of this permit would not set a precedent for future actions with significant effects, nor would it represent a decision in principle about a future consideration. There would not be individually insignificant but cumulatively significant impacts associated with the proposed action, and there would not be adverse effects on historic resources. The permit would contain mitigating measures to avoid unnecessary stress to the subject animals"--Cover letter; Portfolio comprised of three related PDF documents digitized and organized by: NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration (PPI) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) staff.
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Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Assessment SEA on the Issuance of Two Modifications to Scientific Research Permits file Nos 14759 and 16375 to the North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit to Conduct Research on Shortnose Sturgeon and Atlantic Sturgeon written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to issue modifications to two research permits held by the North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit [hereinafter "Permit Holder" and Joseph Hightower, Ph.D., Responsible Party/Principal Investigator: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695] for takes of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) (File No. 14759-01) and for takes of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) (File No. 16375-01) in the wild, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The research objectives for both permits would remain unchanged: to collect data on the biology, distribution and abundance of endangered shortnose sturgeon and Atlantic sturgeon to facilitate recovery of the respective species. In Permit No. 14759, the Permit Holder is currently authorized to capture with gill net, measure, weigh, genetic tissue sample, PIT tag and Floy tag up to 15 shortnose sturgeon annually from the Chowan and Cape Fear River Basins and Albemarle Sound. Additionally, the Permit Holder is authorized to capture and sample up to 25 shortnose sturgeon per year from the Roanoke River Basin. Annually, a sub- set of up to five sub-adults or adults from each of the river basins and Albemarle Sound can also be anesthetized and surgically implanted with internal sonic transmitters annually. In Permit No. 16375, the Permit Holder is authorized to capture with gill nets measure, weigh, genetic tissue sample, PIT and Floy tag up to 200 Atlantic sturgeon annually from the same locations authorized in Permit No. 14759. Further, a sub-set of up to ninety juvenile, sub-adult or adult Atlantic sturgeon may be annually implanted with acoustic transmitter tags within the Albemarle Sound, and Roanoke, Chowan and Cape Fear River Basins, with no more than 45 tagged in each the Cape Fear River system or the combined area for the Albemarle Sound, Roanoke River and Chowan River. The applicant now requests authorization to verify spawning activity shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon by deploying artificial egg mats downstream of suspected spawning areas to take up to 50 early life stages (ELS) of each species annually from both the Roanoke River and Cape Fear River (total of 200 ELS). The expanded action area for each species up to the first impassible dam on the Roanoke River (rkm 221) and on the Cape Fear (rkm 300), will also be a part of the permit modification. All other currently authorized takes, methods and activities would remain the same for each permit. The modifications would be valid through the expiration dates of the original Permit No. 14759 (August 19, 2015) and Permit No. 16375 (April 5, 2017).
Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Assessment SEA on the Issuance of a Modification to Scientific Research Permit No 16547 to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service USFWS to Conduct Research on Atlantic Sturgeon in the Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Waters March 2013 written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NMFS proposes to issue a modification to scientific research permit No. 16547 to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), 11110 Kimages Road; Charles City, Virginia 23030 [Albert Spells: Responsible Party], authorizing scientific research on endangered Atlantic sturgeon pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.c. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR 222-226). The modification would be valid through April 5, 2017. Permit No. 16547 currently permits the permit holder to: evaluate abundance of Atlantic sturgeon within the Chesapeake Bay Distinct Population Segment (DPS), including the entirety of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries above and below 22 parts per thousand (ppt) salinity. Researchers are authorized to capture adult, juvenile and early life stages (ELS) of Atlantic sturgeon using gill nets, trawls, fyke nets, trammel nets, pound nets and egg mats; and to measure, weigh, tissue sample, PIT and Floy tag appropriately sized animals. Dependent on the life stage and the salinity level, a subset may be telemetry tagged internally or externally. The permit holder now requests to: telemetry tag adult sub-adult or juvenile Atlantic sturgeon with either internal or external telemetry tags without respect to salinity level within the same action area. However, the numbers of adult and sub-adult Atlantic sturgeon requested would be reduced from 425 to 350 per year; the numbers of juveniles would be reduced from 175 to 125 annually, and the sub-set of juveniles requested to be telemetry tagged is increased to 50 from 25, including the option for internal telemetry tagging. Finally, the number of ELS proposed would increase from 25 to 50 annually to document spawning in other rivers. All other aspects of the currently permitted activity--the action area, capture methods, incidental takes, impacts to other listed species, types of research activities, and objectives--would remain the same.
Download or read book Environmental Assessment on the Effects of the Issuance of a Scientific Research Permit file No 15677 to Conduct Scientific Research on Shortnose Sturgeon in South Carolina Rivers written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The current EA analyzed the effects of shortnose sturgeon research on the environment within South Carolina river basins. Specificall y, the Savannah, ACE Basin, including the Ashepoo, Combabee and Edisto Rivers, Cooper, and Santee Rivers, Lake Marion and its tributaries, and the Winyah Bay system, including the Black, Waccamaw, Sampit, Little Pee Dee and Great Pee Dee Rivers, would be surveyed with gill nets and trawls to the first impassible dam. If authorized, the applicant would also assess shortnose sturgeon usage of the upper Santee River Basin (Wateree, Saluda, and Congaree Rivers) as part of two Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relicensing projects: the Duke Energy Catawba Wateree and the SCANA Services Saluda Hydroelectric Projects. The proposed action analyzed in the EA would not have significant environmental effects on the target or non-target species; public health and safety would not [be] affected; no unique geographic area would be affected; and the effects of this study would not be highly uncertain, nor would they involve unique or unknown risks. Issuance of this permit would not set a precedent for future actions with significant effects, nor would it represent a decision in principle about a future consideration. There would not be individually insignificant but cumulatively significant impacts associated with the proposed action, and there would not be adverse effects on historic resources. The permit would contain mitigating measures to avoid unnecessary stress to the subject animals"--Cover letter.
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