2024-23984. Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Marine Site Characterization Surveys in the New York Bight

Table 1—Authorized Number of Takes by Level B Harassment by Species and Stock and Percent of Take by Stock ¹

Species	Scientific name	Stock	Abundance	2023 IHA authorized take	2024 renewal IHA
					Percentage of trackline requested in renewal	Estimate of take for requested trackline	Max percent population
North Atlantic right whale	Eubalaena glacialis	Western Atlantic	340	24	63	15	2  4.4
Fin whale	Balaenoptera physalus	Western North Atlantic	6,802	76	63	48	0.7
Sei whale	Balaenoptera borealis	Nova Scotia	6,292	24	63	15	0.2
Minke whale	Balaenoptera acutorostrata	Canadian East Coastal	21,968	304	63	192	0.9
Humpback whale	Megaptera novaeangliae	West Indies DPS	1,396	46	63	29	2.1
Sperm whale	Physeter macrocephalus	North Atlantic	4,349	10	63	6	0.1
Risso's dolphin	Grampus griseus	Western North Atlantic	35,215	59	63	37	0.1
Long-finned pilot whale	Globicephala melas	Western North Atlantic	39,215	78	63	49	0.1
Atlantic white-sided dolphin	Lagenorhynchus acutus	Western North Atlantic	93,233	427	63	269	0.3
Common dolphin	Delphinus delphis	Western North Atlantic	172,974	5,572	63	3,510	2.0
Atlantic spotted dolphin	Stenella frontalis	Western North Atlantic	39,921	320	63	202	0.5
Common bottlenose dolphin, Offshore stock	Tursiops truncates	Western North Atlantic Offshore (occurs within >20 m deep)	62,851	1,316	62	816	1.3
Common bottlenose dolphin, Northern migratory coastal stock	Tursiops truncates	Western North Atlantic Northern Migratory Coastal (occurs within <20 m deep)	6,639	115	70	81	1.2
Harbor porpoise	Phocoena phocoena	Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy Stock	95,543	1,912	63	1,205	1.3
Harbor seal	Phoca vitulina	Western North Atlantic	61,336	1,955	63	1,232	2.0
Gray seal 3	Halichoerus grypus	Western North Atlantic	27,300	1,955	63	1,232	4.5
1  Information on the classification of marine mammal species can be found on the web page for The Society for Marine Mammalogy's Committee on Taxonomy ( https://marinemammalscience.org/​science-and-publications/​list-marine-mammal-species-subspecies/​; Committee on Taxonomy (2022)).
2  Based on the 2023 draft marine mammal stock assessment reports (SAR).
3  NMFS's stock abundance estimate (and associated PBR value) applies to the U.S. population only. Total stock abundance (including animals in Canada) is approximately 451,600. The annual mortality/serious injury given is for the total stock.