Issuance of an incidental harassment authorization to the National Science Foundation and Antarctic Support Contract to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a low-energy marine geophysical survey in the Scotia Sea and South Atlantic Ocean, September to October 2014 : environmental assessment Environmental assessment on the issuance of an incidental harassment authorization to the National Science Foundation and Antarctic Support Contract to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to a low-energy marine geophysical survey in the Scotia Sea and South Atlantic Ocean, September to October 2014 NMFS Environmental Assessment - 2014 Scotia Sea and South Atlantic Ocean Low-Energy Seismic Survey

This Environmental Assessment analyzes the environmental impacts of the National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division's proposal to issue an Incidental Harassment Authorization to the National Science Foundation and Antarctic Support Contract for the taking, by Level B harassment, of small numbers of marine mammals, incidental to conducting a low-energy marine geophysical survey in the Scotia Sea and South Atlantic Ocean, September to October 2014.