Environmental assessment for the issuance of incidental take regulations and a letter of authorization for the take of bottlenose dolphins incidental to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s fishery independent gillnet surveys

This Environmental Assessment analyzes the environmental impacts of the National Marine Fisheries Service’s proposal to issue Incidental Take Regulations and a Letter of Authorization, pursuant to section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the take of small numbers of bottlenose dolphins incidental to fishery independent gillnet surveys.