Section 7 Biological Opinions Issued in the Alaska Region

Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultations assist Federal agencies in ensuring any action Federal agencies authorize, fund, or carry out is not likely to jeopardize a listed species or result in adverse modification of designated critical habitat.

Alaska

For access to all ESA Section 7 consultations completed since 2019 please visit the Environmental Consultation Organizer (ECO) webpage public portal.

2024

Biological Opinion United States Army Corps of Engineers Furie Cook Inlet Towing and Drilling, Cook Inlet, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2023-03569
Biological Opinion National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division Hilcorp Cook Inlet Tugs Towing and Jack- up Rig, Cook Inlet, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2023-03574
Biological Opinion National Telecommunications and Information Administration AU- Aleutians II Fiber Optic Cable Project, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2023-03226
Biological Opinion United States Army Corps of Engineers Alaska Railroad Company Seward Dock Repair, Seward, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2023-03224
Biological Opinion National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division Sitka Seaplane Base Construction, Sitka, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2023-02513
Biological Opinion National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division, Maritime Administration Lutak Dock Replacement Project, Haines, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2023-00031
Biological Opinion National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division Eareckson Air Station Long-term Fuel Pier Repairs, Shemya Island, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2023-02892
Biological Opinion U.S. Department of Navy Ice Exercise 2024 Arctic, Beaufort Sea, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2023-02122
Biological Opinion National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division Trident Bunkhouse Dock Replacement Project, Kodiak, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-03622

2023

Biological Opinion Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Lease Sale 258, Cook Inlet, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-02861
Biological Opinion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Unalaska Bay Bar Reduction Project, Iliuliuk Bay, Alaska NMFS Consulation Number: AKRO-2022-03610
Biological Opinion National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division Cordova Harbor Rebuild Project, Cordova, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2023-01396
Biological Opinion Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Construction of the Tongass Narrows Project, Ketchikan, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2023-00339
Biological Opinion National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division Port of Alaska North Extension Stabilization Step 1, Anchorage, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-03630
Biological Opinion National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division Hydaburg Seaplane Facility Refurbishment Project, Hydaburg, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-03506
Reinitiated Biological and Conference Opinion Consultation on the United States Coast Guard Federal Aids to Navigation Program NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-03504
Biological Opinion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Port of Nome Modification Project, Nome, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-03034
Biological Opinion National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division Whittier Head of the Bay Cruise Ship Dock Project, Whittier, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-02953
Biological Opinion National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division Skagway Ore Terminal Redevelopment Project, Skagway, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-02952
Biological Opinion Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Permits and Conservation Division Auke Bay East Terminal Improvements Project, Juneau, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-02777
Biological and Conference Opinion United States Coast Guard Construction and Operation of up to 25 New Offshore Patrol Cutters, Cross-regional NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2021-03512
Biological Opinion National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division Minor Waterfront Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement Projects, Southcentral and Southeast Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2021-01864

2022

Biological Opinion National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Marine and Aviation Operations Ketchikan Port Facility Recapitalization Project, Ketchikan, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2021-02754
Biological Opinion - Hilcorp Cook Inlet Tugs Towing a Jack-up Rig. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2021-03484
Biological Opinion - Alaska Department of Fish and Game Research on Ice Seals. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-03483
Biological Opinion Ice Exercise 2022, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2021-02659
Biological Opinion - Office of Naval Research Arctic Activities in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas - mid-September 2022 through mid-September 2023. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-01871.
Biological Opinion - Office of Naval Research Arctic Activities in the Beaufort Sea - July 2022. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-00873.

2021

Biological Opinion Port of Alaska's South Floating Dock, Anchorage, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2021-01051
Biological Opinion Metlakatla Seaplane Facility Refurbishment Project, Metlakatla, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2020-03066
Biological Opinion City of Hoonah Marine Industrial Center Cargo Dock Project at Hoonah, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2020-03675
Biological Opinion for City of Ketchikan Berth III Mooring Dolphins Project. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2020-02183
Biological Opinion - Office of Naval Research Arctic Research Activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas Year 4 (2021-2022). NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2021-01926

2020

Biological Opinion Gastineau Channel Historical Society Sentinel Island Moorage Float Juneau Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2019-03407
Biological Opinion Crowley Fuels Dock Expansion and Upgrade in Kotzebue, Alaska (POA-2018-00199). NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2020-00125
Biological Opinion Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2018-01319
Biological Opinion - Alaska Marine Lines’ Lutak Dock RoRo Modification Project, Lutak Inlet, Haines, Alaska, (POA-2019-00108). NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2019-01875
Biological Opinion Sitka Dock North Dolphins Expansion Project. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR0-2019-02310
Biological Opinion - Port of Alaska’s Petroleum and Cement Terminal, Anchorage, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2018-01332
Biological Opinion National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Biological Opinion. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2020-01519
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of a Letter of Authorization under section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to Hilcorp Alaska, LLC and Eni U.S. Operating Co. Inc. for the Construction, Maintenance, and Use of Sea Ice Roads and Trails on the North Slope, Beaufort Sea, Alaska, 2020 to 2025. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2019-00194
Biological Opinion - Ice Exercise 2020. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2019-02445

2019

Biological Opinion (Reinitiation) - City and Borough of Juneau Docks and Harbors Department Statter Harbor Improvements Project Juneau, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2019-03544
Biological Opinion POA-2018-00276, Erickson Residence Marine Access Project, Juneau, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2019-01827
Biological Opinion - Auke Bay Ferry Terminal Modifications Project, Juneau, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2019-02254
Biological Opinion - City of Ketchikan Removal of Berth II Rock Pinnacle Project. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2019-00553
Biological Opinion - O’Connell Bridge Lightering Float Pile Replacement Project, Sitka, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2018-00245
Biological Opinion - Hoonah Cruise Ship and Lightering Dock Construction at Icy Strait Hoonah, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2018-00370
Biological Opinion - City and Borough of Juneau Docks and Harbors Department Statter Harbor Improvements Project Juneau, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2018-9770
Biological Opinion - Taiya Inlet Railroad Dock Dolphin Project, Skagway, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2018-9831
Biological Opinion - Construction of the Tongass Narrows Project (Gravina Access). PCTS Number: AKR-2018-9806
Biological Opinion - Reissuance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit AKG524000 for Offshore Seafood Processors in Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2018-9801
Biological Opinion - Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain Lease Sale. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2019-00141
Biological Opinion - Liberty Oil and Gas Development and Production Plan Activities, Beaufort Sea, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2019-00004 (Previously AKR-2018-9747)
Biological Opinion - Hilcorp Alaska and Harvest Alaska Oil and Gas Activities. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2018-00381
Biological Opinion - Alaska Fisheries Science Center Surveys in the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands, and Chukchi Sea/Beaufort Sea Research Areas, 2019-2022 and the International Pacific Halibut Commission Surveys in the GOA and BS, 2019-2022. ECO Number: AKRO-2017-00028
Biological Opinion - National Park Service Monitoring Activities in Alaska’s National Parks: Glaucous-winged Gull and Climate Monitoring & Research in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska and Marine Bird and Mammal Monitoring in National Parks and adjoining coastlines in the Northern Gulf of Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2019-9851
Biological Opinion - Office of Naval Research Arctic Research Activities 2018-2021 and Associated Proposed Issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization in the Beaufort Sea, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2018-9725
Biological Opinion - Consultation on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Approval of the State of Alaska’s Mixing Zone Regulation Section of the State of Alaska’s Water Quality Standards (Reinitiation). ECO Number: AKRO-2018-00362

2018

Biological Opinion - Sun’aq Tribe Dock Project in Kodiak Inner Harbor. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2018-00052
Biological Opinion for Construction at the City Dock and Ferry Terminal in Tenakee Springs, Alaska and Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2018-9756
Biological Opinion - Issuance of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Permit and Incidental Harassment Authorization for Harvest Alaska LLC Cook Inlet Pipeline Cross-Inlet Extension Project. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2018-9719

2017

Biological Opinion on Kodiak Transient Float Construction. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2016-9596
Biological Opinion on the Replacement of the Unalaska Marine Center Dock Positions III and IV. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2016-9588
Biological Opinion on Biorka Island Dock Replacement Project Sitka, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2017-9693
Biological Opinion for Construction of Haines Alaska Ferry Terminal and Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2017-9661
Biological Opinion - City and Borough of Sitka Gary Paxton Industrial Park Multipurpose Dock Project. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2017-9686
Biological Opinion on Furie’s Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration Drilling in the Kitchen Lights Unit of Cook Inlet, Alaska, 2017-2021. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2016-9600
Biological Opinion on Lease Sale 244, Cook Inlet, Alaska 2017-2022. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2016-9580

2016

Biological Opinion on Port of Anchorage Test Pile Project and Associated Proposed Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization and NWP Verification. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2016-9513
Biological Opinion on the Replacement of the UniSea, Inc. Gl Dock and Associated Proposed Issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization in Iliuliuk Harbor, Unalaska, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2016-9518
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization to Fairweather LLC for Anchor Retrieval Activities in the U.S. Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2016-9526
Biological Opinion on Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC, Proposed Subsea Fiber Optic Cable-laying Activities and Issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2016-9590
Biological Opinion on Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC, Proposed Subsea Fiber Optic Cable-laying Activities and Proposed Issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2016-9555
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization to ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC for Alaska LNG Geophysical & Geotechnical Program in the Waters of Cook Inlet, 2015-2016. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9474

2015

Biological Opinion on Kodiak Ferry Dock and Terminal Improvements. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9446
Biological Opinion on Icy Strait Point Cruise Ship Terminal Development in Hoonah, Alaska and Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to the Hoonah Totem Corporation. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9440
Biological Opinion on the Icy Strait Point Cruise Ship Terminal Development in Hoonah, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9440
Biological Opinion on the Proposed Issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization to Hilcorp Alaska, LLC for Shallow Geohazard and Strudel Scour Surveys in Foggy Island Bay, Beaufort Sea, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9454
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to Shell for the Non-Lethal Taking of Whales and Seals in Conjunction with Planned Exploration Drilling Activities During 2015. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9449
Biological Opinion on Lease Sale 193 Oil and Gas Exploration Activities, Chukchi Sea, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9422
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to SAExploration, Inc. for Marine 3D Ocean Bottom Node Seismic Activities in the U.S. Beaufort Sea, Alaska, during the 2015 Open Water Season. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9451
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to Shell Gulf of Mexico and Shell Offshore Inc. for Aviation Operations Associated with Ice Condition Monitoring. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9448
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to SAExploration, Inc. for Marine 3D Ocean Bottom Node Seismic Activities in the U.S. Beaufort Sea, Alaska, during the 2015 Open Water Season. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9451
Biological Opinion - Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC for Alaska LNG Geophysical & Geotechnical Program in the Waters of Cook Inlet. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9474
Biological Opinion on the Alaska Federal/State Preparedness Plan for Response to Oil & Hazardous Substance Discharges/Releases (Unified Plan). NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2014-9361
Biological Opinion on Land Survey and Conveyance and Issuance of an Associated Incidental Take Authorization. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9419

2014

Biological Opinion on Alaska Groundfish Fisheries and an Exempted Fishing Permit to Test a Salmon Excluder Device in the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2014-9400
Biological Opinion on Authorization of the Alaska Groundfish Fisheries Under the Proposed Revised Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2013-9294
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization under 10l(a)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to SAExploration, Inc. (SAE) for Marine 3D Ocean Bottom Node Seismic Activities. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2014-9383
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc. for Marine 3D Ocean Bottom Sensor Seismic Activities. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2014-9369
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc. for Shallow Geohazard Survey in the U.S. Beaufort Sea, Foggy Island Bay, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2014-9370
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Regulations and a Letter of Authorization to Take Marine Mammals Incidental to Offshore Oil and Gas Operations at the Northstar Development in the U.S. Beaufort Sea, January 13, 2014-January 14, 2019

2013

Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to SAExploration, Inc. for Marine 3D Ocean Bottom Cable Seismic Activities in the U.S. Beaufort Sea, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: FIAKR/2013/9283
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to Shell for Geophysical Surveys, and Equipment Recovery and Maintenance Activities.NMFS Consultation Number: FIAKR/2013/9281
Biological Opinion on Oil and Gas Leasing and Exploration Activities in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: FIAKR/2011/0647
Biological Opinion on 3-D Seismic Surveys of Cook Inlet, Alaska by Apache Alaska Corporation

2012

Biological Opinion on Knik Arm Crossing, Anchorage, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2010-6087
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to Shell Offshore, Inc. for Exploratory Drilling in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in 2012. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2012-2419
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to Shell Offshore, Inc. for Exploratory Drilling in the Alaskan Chukchi Sea in 2012. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2012-1550
Biological Opinion on Proposed Regulations and Authorization to take Marine Mammals Incidental to Offshore Oil and Gas Operations at the Northstar Development in the U.S. Beaufort Sea, 2012-2016. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2013-9309
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA for Marine 2D Seismic Activities in the Federal and International Waters in the Chukchi Sea. NMFS Consultation Number: F/AKR/2013/9282
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization and a Geological and Geophysical Permit to ION for 2D Seismic Survey in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas in 2012. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9471
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization to BP Offshore, Inc. for Seismic Surveys in the Simpson Lagoon in 2012. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9470
Biological Opinion on 3-D Seismic Surveys of Cook Inlet, Alaska by Apache Alaska Corporation (May)
Biological Opinion on 3-D Seismic Surveys of Cook Inlet, Alaska by Apache Alaska Corporation (February)
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Annual Quotas Authorizing the Harvest of Bowhead Whales to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (2013-2018). NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2013-9314

2011

Biological Opinion on the Marine Terminal Redevelopment Project at the Port of Anchorage. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2009-2523
Biological Opinion on the Incidental Harassment Authorization to Allow for Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Shallow Hazards Survey in the Chukchi Sea, Alaska, 2011. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2011-6545
Biological Opinion on Regulations and Authorization for the Incidental Take of Marine Mammals by U.S. Citizens Engaged in Space Vehicle and Missile Launch Operations at the Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2013-9306

2010

2009

Biological Opinion on the Marine Terminal Redevelopment Project at the Port of Anchorage, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2009-2523
Biological Opinion on the Full Implementation of the Preferred Alternative of the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Research on Steller Sea Lions and Northern Fur Seals. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2009-7253

2008

Biological Opinion on Oil and Gas Leasing and Exploration Activities in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Alaska; and Authorization of Small Takes Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Annual Quotas Authorizing the Harvest of Bowhead Whales to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission for the Period 2008-2012. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2007-7109
Biological Opinion on Rat Eradication, Rat Island, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2008-5708

2006

2005

Biological Opinion on Kensington Gold Project Operations. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2004-2624

2003

2002

Biological Opinion on the Construction and Operation of the Liberty Oil Production Island. NMFS Consultation Number: F/AKR/2001/00889

2001

Biological Opinion on the Authorization of Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Groundfish Fisheries and Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries Based on the Respective Fishery Management Plans as Modified by Amendments 61 and 70

2000

Biological Opinion on the Authorization of the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Groundfish Fisheries and the Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2000-978

1999

Biological Opinion on Authorization of Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries

1998

Biological Opinion on the Authorization of the Atka Mackerel and Walleye Pollock Fisheries between 1999-2002. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-1998-1409
Biological Opinion on Authorization of Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Fisheries. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-1999-23

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Last updated by Alaska Regional Office on 10/07/2024

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