Incidental Take Authorization: United States Geological Survey Geophysical Survey in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Summary
NOAA Fisheries issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to USGS to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during geophysical survey activities associated with a the USGS’s Mid-Atlantic Resource Imaging Experiment (MATRIX) survey project in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.
Location of research transect lines and linking lines
Diagram of side view of base configuration (Source configuration 1)