Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Open-water Marine Survey Program in the Chukchi Sea, Alaska, During 2009-2010

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to Shell Offshore Inc. and Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. for a marine survey program in the Chukchi Sea, Alaska, during the 2009/2010 Arctic open-water season, allowing for the harassment of small numbers of marine mammals to facilitate shallow hazards and site clearance work, as well as strudel scour surveys, in accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) regulations.