Environmental Assessment/Analysis of Geophysical Surveys by the R/V Marcus G. Langseth the North Pacific Ocean,

Request by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for an Incidental Harassment Authorization to Allow the Incidental Take of Marine Mammals during Marine Geophysical Surveys by the R/V Marcus G. Langseth in the North Pacific Ocean, 2018/2019. Several of these species are listed as endangered under the ESA: the North Pacific right, sei, fin, blue, and sperm whales, the Western North Pacific Distinct Population Segments (DPS) of humpback whale and gray whales, the Hawaiian Islands Insular DPS of false killer whale, the Western DPS of Steller sea lion, and the Hawaiian monk seal.