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NMFS is mandated by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to measure and report on the effects of commercial fisheries on marine mammal stocks. One of the ways NMFS gathers this information is...
Search relevance: 100.03 | Views last month: 1 | Catalog Last Checked: August 01, 2026 at 12:52 PM -
NMFS is mandated by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to collect reports of marine mammal stranding events. This particular catalogue item is specific to the endangered Cook Inlet beluga...
Search relevance: 97.50 | Views last month: 2 | Catalog Last Checked: August 01, 2026 at 12:53 PM -
This feature dataset contains feature classes showing the distribution of marine mammal species protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act occuring in the Alaska EEZ. See Spatial Data...
Search relevance: 93.38 | Views last month: 1 | Catalog Last Checked: August 01, 2026 at 12:53 PM -
This database represents a summary of information on stranded marine mammals reported to NMFS throughout the State of Alaska in fulfillment of Title IV of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. These...
Search relevance: 89.29 | Views last month: 3 | Catalog Last Checked: August 01, 2026 at 12:53 PM -
The Marine Mammal Protection Act formalized a program to provide response to reports of strandings of marine mammals and unusual mortality events. This was done by creating a network of parties...
Search relevance: 81.28 | Views last month: 5 | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 12:34 AM -
The Marine Mammal Protection Act formalized a program to provide response to reports of strandings of marine mammals and unusual mortality events. This was done by creating a network of parties...
Search relevance: 81.23 | Views last month: 2 | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 12:34 AM -
The Marine Mammal Protection Act formalized a program to provide response to reports of strandings of marine mammals and unusual mortality events. This was done by creating a network of parties...
Search relevance: 80.50 | Views last month: 2 | Catalog Last Checked: August 25, 2026 at 10:51 PM -
This record represents the raw passive acoustic data collected from Atlantic Deepwater Ecosystem Observatory Network (ADEON) for the U.S. Mid- and South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)...
Search relevance: 79.14 | Views last month: 2 | Catalog Last Checked: August 02, 2026 at 09:47 PM -
In 1992, the Marine Mammal Protection Act established the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (Title IV) which operates in support of the Recovered Protected Species goal of NMFS’s...
Search relevance: 75.85 | Views last month: 2 | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 04:01 AM -
Pinnipeds come under the legal mandates of the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act. They are also specifically identified in the enabling legislation of and management...
Search relevance: 74.37 | Views last month: 1 | Catalog Last Checked: September 10, 2026 at 07:28 PM -
Passive acoustic monitoring of Gulf of Maine waters is a critical aspect of understanding long term changes in North Atlantic right whale (NARW) presence and distribution within this region. An...
Search relevance: 72.24 | Views last month: 1 | Catalog Last Checked: August 02, 2026 at 09:51 PM -
Samples of skin and other tissues are collected from marine mammals along the U.S. east coast by a variety of researchers. Samples may be collected from live animals through remote biopsy or...
Search relevance: 71.73 | Views last month: 1 | Catalog Last Checked: August 02, 2026 at 12:51 PM -
This layer is intended to represent the geographic extent of NOAA Fisheries’ California Current Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey. The California Current Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment...
Search relevance: 70.72 | Views last month: 1 | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 04:08 AM -
These data sets include a compilation of aerial line-transect surveys conducted over continental shelf waters of the southeastern U.S. Surveys have been conducted intermittently since 1982. The...
Search relevance: 67.73 | Views last month: 1 | Catalog Last Checked: August 02, 2026 at 12:50 PM -
California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) use offshore oil and gas platforms as resting and foraging areas. Both species are protected by the Marine...
Search relevance: 67.50 | Views last month: 3 | Catalog Last Checked: August 02, 2026 at 11:56 PM -
These data sets include a compilation of aerial line-transect surveys conducted over continental shelf waters of the Gulf of Mexico since 1992. The majority of these surveys are targeted to assess...
Search relevance: 66.86 | Views last month: 1 | Catalog Last Checked: August 02, 2026 at 12:51 PM -
California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) use offshore oil and gas platforms as resting and foraging areas. Both species are protected by the Marine...
Search relevance: 66.49 | Views last month: 1 | Catalog Last Checked: October 26, 2026 at 08:39 PM -
Offshore wind farms allow renewable energy to be generated with little or no carbon dioxide emissions and there is little visual or noise disturbance to the public. Making decisions on when and...
Search relevance: 61.23 | Views last month: 1 | Catalog Last Checked: August 02, 2026 at 09:51 PM -
Passive acoustic monitoring of the ocean ambient sound field is a critical aspect of NOAA's mandate for ocean and coastal stewardship. This includes detecting and characterizing: (1) sounds...
Search relevance: 59.33 | Views last month: 6 | Catalog Last Checked: August 02, 2026 at 11:01 PM -
As currently defined, the Southeast Alaska (SEAK) harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) stock ranges from Dixon entrance to Cape Suckling, including inland waterways. Since the early 1990s, the...
Search relevance: 59.24 | Views last month: 5 | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 12:04 AM
