Endangered Species Protected Species Permit Report Form

Protected Species Permit
Report Form
The following questions will appear in your reports in APPS at https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov.
Part I: Take Table.
Enter the actual number of animals taken during this annual reporting period.
Take tables appear here with a column to be filled for “Actual number of animals taken.”
If you conducted activities or took protected species which you were not authorized, you must
enter those takes on separate lines of the table. Explain what happened in Part II, #4 below.
Part II: Narrative.
Review Section E of your permit to ensure you address any specific questions related to
your activities.
Provide complete answers to the best of your ability. If a question is not applicable, explain
why. We acknowledge that monitoring during and after certain activities is often
opportunistic.
1. What progress did you make toward meeting your objectives this year? Summarize what
you did and if and how you met your objectives. Include details of repeated sampling that
occurred (e.g. how many animals did you intentionally take multiple times during this reporting
period to meet your objectives). List citations for any reports, publications, and presentations
from this reporting period. We may request electronic copies. (10,000 characters maximum)
2. Summarize how animals reacted to specific procedures. Include normal and abnormal
responses of target and non-target animals. Where possible, provide quantitative data and
estimate the proportion of animals (%) that had those reactions. (64,000 characters maximum)
3. Explain your efforts to conduct follow-up monitoring. Report your findings. Photographs
are useful to document things like wound healing. (64,000 characters maximum)
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animal responses to new/novel procedures
time it takes to resume normal in-water behavior after harassment
time it takes to re-populate rookeries or haul outs after harassment
condition of animals when resighted or recaptured
recovery from sedation and handling and post-release behavior
healing at site of intrusive sampling (e.g., biopsy)
healing at site of intrusive tag deployment (e.g., surgical tag implants requiring sutures,
remotely deployed dart/barb, fully implantable, medial ridge, and pygal tags)
tag retention and tag breakage

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4. Answer and discuss the following:
• Did serious injuries or mortalities occur?
• Did you take a protected species you were not permitted?
• Did you exceed the number of takes authorized in any row of the take table?
If so, and you already submitted an incident report, please briefly describe the event here and
refer to the incident report. (10,000 characters maximum)
If such an incident occurred and you have not yet reported it, provide a full description of the
incident (date and location of event; species and circumstances of how the take occurred;
photographs; necropsy and histopathology reports, or other information to confirm cause of
death or extent of injuries; etc.). Also, include steps that were or will be taken to reduce the
possibility of it happening again. (10,000 characters maximum)
5. Describe any other problems encountered during this reporting period and steps taken or
proposed to resolve them. Examples include equipment failure, weather delays, safety issues,
and unanticipated effects to habitats or other species. (10,000 characters maximum)
6. What efforts did you make to coordinate with the applicable NMFS Regional Office(s) and
collaborate with other researchers? How did you collaborate (for example, avoiding field work
at the same time or working together on the same animals, sharing vessels, sharing data)?
(10,000 characters maximum)
ONLY FOR THE FINAL REPORT: In addition to the questions above:
7. Did you meet your objectives for the permit? What did you learn? (10,000 characters
maximum)
8. If you did not meet your objectives, explain why. For example, if you did not tag or mark as
many animals as needed to meet your sample size, explain why and how that impacted your
ability to meet the goals of your study. (10,000 characters maximum)
9. For ESA-listed or MMPA-depleted target species: Explain how the results of your permitted
work benefitted or promoted their conservation or recovery. How did your research contribute
to fulfilling Recovery or Conservation Plan objectives (as applicable)? (10,000 characters
maximum)
10. Did you identify any additional or improved mitigation measures? (10,000 characters
maximum)
Feedback (optional)
11. We appreciate any feedback on APPS and your permit. For example, did you have problems
using APPS? Were any permit conditions difficult to comply with or unclear? Were your
permitted take numbers appropriate? (10,000 characters maximum)

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