Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Fisheries Research
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- What it does
NMFS, upon request from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), is promulgating regulations to govern the taking of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research in the coastal bays of Texas over the course of 5 years. These regulations, which allow for the issuance of a Letter of Authorization (LOA) for the incidental take of marine mammals during the specified activities in the specified geographical region during the effective dates of the regulations, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species or stocks and their habitat, as well as requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has published 185 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 184 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Before this
2 earlier Federal Register documents under regulation identifier 0648-BN58 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- April 3, 2026 Proposed rule; correction. Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Fisheries Research; Correction
- March 18, 2026 Proposed rule; request for comments. Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Fisheries Research
- What happens next and when
Effective from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2031.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-14578 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule; notification of issuance of Letter of Authorization (LOA). |
| Agencies | Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Published | July 20, 2026 |
| Effective date | Aug. 1, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 0648-BN58 |
| Docket | NOAA-NMFS-2025-0801 |
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