6 March 



7 March 



Interior, modification of scientific 

 research permit, Donald B. Siniff. 



Commerce, commenting to the National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 

 the draft plan for whale research 

 prepared by the Marine Research Insti- 

 tute, Reykjavik, Iceland; noting that 

 data to be obtained from the proposed 

 experimental catch of whales may not 

 significantly increase understanding of 

 the subject whale stocks beyond that 

 which should already be possible through 

 analysis of existing data and samples; 

 and suggesting that the proposed sampling 

 program may be ill-conceived and funda- 

 mentally flawed. 



12 March 



Commerce, commenting to the National 

 Marine Fisheries Service on efforts to 

 halt the decline of the North Pacific fur 

 seal population; restating the recommen- 

 dations made by the Commission in its 

 letters of 29 November 1985 and 14 

 February 1986; requesting that the 

 Service advise the Commission as to: 

 (a) research tasks considered necessary 

 to determine and mitigate the cause of 

 the continuing fur seal population 

 decline; (b) the level of funding 

 available for fur seal research in Fiscal 

 Year 1986; (c) precisely what activities 

 will be supported with these funds; and 

 (d) what necessary research cannot be 

 carried out due to insufficient funding; 

 and again recommending, among other 

 things, that the Pribilof Islands 

 population of North Pacific fur seals be 

 designated as depleted under the Marine 

 Mammal Protection Act. 



13 March 



14 March 



Interior, scientific research permit 

 application, Rio Grande Zoological Park. 



Interior, modification of scientific 

 research permit. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, Alaska Office of Fish and Wild- 

 life Research. 



19 March 



Commerce, scientific research permit 

 application, Jeffrey D. Goodyear. 



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