50 CFR § 218.12 - Permissible methods of taking.

(a) Under an LOA issued pursuant to §§ 216.106 of this subchapter and 218.16, the Holder of the LOA (hereinafter “Navy”) may incidentally, but not intentionally, take marine mammals within the area described in § 218.10(b) by Level A harassment and Level B harassment associated with the use of explosives and missile launch activities, 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 § 218.10(c) is limited to the species and stocks listed in Table 1 of this section.

Table 1 to § 218.12(b)

Common name	Scientific name	Stock
Blue whale	Balaenoptera musculus	Eastern North Pacific.
Fin whale	Balaenoptera physalus	California, Oregon, and Washington.
Gray whale	Eschrichtius robustus	Eastern North Pacific.
Humpback whale	Megaptera novaeangliae	California, Oregon, Washington.
Minke whale	Balaenoptera acutorostrata	California, Oregon, and Washington.
Common Bottlenose dolphin	Tursiops truncatus	California, Oregon, and Washington Offshore.
Dall's porpoise	Phocoenoides dalli	California, Oregon, and Washington.
Dwarf sperm whale	Kogia sima	California, Oregon, and Washington.
Long-beaked common dolphin	Delphinus capensis	California.
Mesoplodont beaked whales	Mesoplodon spp	California, Oregon, and Washington.
Northern right whale dolphin	Lissodelphis borealis	California, Oregon, and Washington.
Pacific white-sided dolphin	Lagenorhynchus obliquidens	California, Oregon, and Washington.
Pygmy killer whale	Feresa attenuata
Pygmy sperm whale	Kogia breviceps	California, Oregon, and Washington.
Risso's dolphins	Grampus griseus	California, Oregon, and Washington.
Short-beaked common dolphin	Delphinus delphis	California, Oregon, and Washington.
Sperm whale	Physeter macrocephalus	California, Oregon, and Washington.
Striped dolphin	Stenella coeruleoalba	California, Oregon, and Washington.
Harbor seal	Phoca vitulina	California.
Northern elephant seal	Mirounga angustirostris	California.
California sea lion	Zalophus californianus	U.S. Stock.
Guadalupe fur seal	Arctocephalus townsendi	Mexico to California.