NMFS Requests Comments on Proposal to Issue Incidental Harassment Authorization for Marine Mammal Surveys Along Oregon and California Coasts

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is seeking public input on a proposal to allow the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to incidentally harass marine mammals during rocky intertidal monitoring surveys along the Oregon and California coasts, in accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).