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NJ Saltwater Fisherman => News and Information => Topic started by: njdiver on May 12, 2015, 11:44:38 AM

Title: NMFS has issued the IHA to Rutgers et al:
Post by: njdiver on May 12, 2015, 11:44:38 AM: INCIDENTAL HARASSMENT AUTHORIZATION

...to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to a marine geophysical survey conducted by the RIV Marcus . G. Langseth (Langseth) marine geophysical survey in the Atlantic Ocean offshore New Jersey, June through August, 2015.

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/incidental/research/ldeo_nj_iha_signed_5.7.15.pdf

https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/04/01/2015-07429/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-the
Title: Re: NMFS has issued the IHA to Rutgers et al:
Post by: Hotrod on May 12, 2015, 03:10:45 PM: So.. they can kill 12,532 Bottlenose dolphins :headscra: I must be missing something..
Title: Re: NMFS has issued the IHA to Rutgers et al:
Post by: DrakeRader on May 13, 2015, 03:56:35 AM: Quote from: Hotrod on May 12, 2015, 03:10:45 PM
So.. they can kill 12,532 Bottlenose dolphins :headscra: I must be missing something..

Hello Hotrod,
NMFS' Incidental Harrassment Authorization is for Level B Takes. Many confuse a "Take" with a "kill," and in such documents the largest estimate is stated. What is missing in the material that NJDIVER posted here and elsewhere this week is some explanation of the context of the Rutgers-led research. Here is a web page put together by Rutgers Professor Greg Mountain that might explain other aspects that are missing. Please let me know if it is answers any other questions?: http://eps.rutgers.edu/slin3d-home
Title: Re: NMFS has issued the IHA to Rutgers et al:
Post by: njdiver on May 19, 2015, 05:13:00 PM: Lamont-Doherty and NSF Seismic Survey in the NW Atlantic Ocean offshore NJ, Summer 2015

Status Public Comment Period Issued Date Effective Dates
ACTIVE closed 05/07/15 06/01/2015 - 08/31/2015

SUMMARY: We have issued an IHA to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, and Rutgers University to take, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals, incidental to conducting a marine seismic survey in the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the New Jersey coast in summer 2015.

Incidental Take Authorization Documents:

· IHA Application [pdf]
· Federal Register notice of Proposed IHA
· References [pdf]
· Public Comments [pdf]
· Issued IHA[pdf]
· Federal Register notice of Issued IHA

Environmental Analyses:

· National Science Foundation's 2014 Draft Amended EA [pdf]
· NSF's 2014 Final EA [pdf]
· NMFS' 2015 EA [pdf]
· NMFS' FONSI [pdf]

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/...rch.htm#nj2015
Title: Re: NMFS has issued the IHA to Rutgers et al:
Post by: fellinger on May 19, 2015, 05:20:55 PM: Ahhh crap. Time to break out my foil hat again. The timing is great. I thought I heard something on the news the week about the President authorizing actual or proposed oil drilling off the east coast. Hmmm
Title: Re: NMFS has issued the IHA to Rutgers et al:
Post by: njdiver on May 28, 2015, 04:28:28 PM: The “Final Amended Environmental Assessment of a Marine Geophysical Survey by the R/V Marcus G. Langseth in the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey, Summer 2015” is now available at:

http://www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/envcomp/nj-seismic-research/summer2015/amended-mountain-nj-margin-ea-final-revised.pdf
Title: Re: NMFS has issued the IHA to Rutgers et al:
Post by: Hotrod on May 28, 2015, 08:00:21 PM: 1006 pages.. think you can break down whats going on with this for us.. ;D
Title: Re: NMFS has issued the IHA to Rutgers et al:
Post by: njdiver on May 28, 2015, 08:42:47 PM: Looks like this is going to happen. Ship is moored at the SUNY Maritime College just north of the Throgs Neck Bridge.

Here is a sight to get smaller sections of the document:

http://www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/envcomp/index.jsp

Appendix G has the answers to public comments:

http://www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/envcomp/nj-seismic-research/summer2015/appendix-g.pdf
Title: Re: NMFS has issued the IHA to Rutgers et al:
Post by: njdiver on June 01, 2015, 10:23:00 AM: R/V Marcus G. Langseth. She is on the move! Presently in the East River going under the Manhattan Bridge heading South.