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§ 218.92 - Permissible methods of taking.

(a) Under an LOA issued pursuant to §§ 216.106 of this section and 218.96, the Holder of the LOA (hereinafter “Navy”) may incidentally, but not intentionally, take marine mammals within the area described in § 218.90(b) by Level A harassment and Level B harassment associated with the use of active sonar and other acoustic sources and explosives, provided the activity is in compliance with all terms, conditions, and requirements of the regulations in this subpart and the applicable LOA.

(b) The incidental take of marine mammals by the activities listed in § 218.90(c) is limited to the species listed in Table 1 of this section.

Table 1 to § 218.92(b)

Species Scientific name Blue whaleBalaenoptera musculus. Bryde's whaleBalaenoptera edeni. Fin whaleBalaenoptera physalus. Humpback whaleMegaptera novaeangliae. Minke whaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata. Omura's whaleBalaenoptera omurai. Sei whaleBalaenoptera borealis. Blainville's beaked whaleMesoplodon densirostris. Common bottlenose dolphinTursiops truncatus. Cuvier's beaked whaleZiphius cavirostris. Dwarf sperm whaleKogia sima. False killer whalePseudorca crassidens. Fraser's dolphinLagenodelphis hosei. Ginkgo-toothed beaked whaleMesoplodon ginkgodens. Killer whaleOrcinus orca. Longman's beaked whaleIndopacetus pacificus. Melon-headed whalePeponocephala electra. Pantropical spotted dolphinStenella attenuata. Pygmy killer whaleFeresa attenuata. Pygmy sperm whaleKogia breviceps. Risso's dolphinGrampus griseus. Rough-toothed dolphinSteno bredanensis. Short-finned pilot whaleGlobicephala macrorhynchus. Sperm whalePhyseter macrocephalus. Spinner dolphinStenella longirostris. Striped dolphinStenella coeruleoalba.