Regulation & law · 01/12/1998

U.S. Navy Regulates Unintentional Marine Mammal Take During Submarine Testing

The U.S. Department of the Navy has received approval from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to issue regulations governing the unintentional take of marine mammals during shock testing of the USS SEAWOLF submarine in the U.S. Atlantic coast waters, in compliance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)