Business · 19/10/2026

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finalizes Regulations for Incidental Take of Polar Bears and Pacific Walruses in Alaska

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has responded to a request from the Alaska Oil and Gas Association to finalize regulations allowing for the incidental take of polar bears and Pacific walruses in the Beaufort Sea and North Slope of Alaska, in accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.