APPENDIX A 

 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS: CALENDAR YEAR 1988 



11 January Interior, modification of scientific research permit, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 



11 January Commerce, scientific research permit application, U.S. Navy. 



12 January Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service Marine Entangle- 



ment Research Program Plan; noting that it found the Service's proposed plan of 

 activities to be well done and to address high priority actions needed to better 

 define and resolve critical problems; concurring with the Service's proposed tasks 

 and funding allocations; and, with the exception of the proposed studies to monitor 

 and assess entanglement rates of North Pacific fur seals, recommending that the 

 Service take steps immediately to implement the proposed program. 



12 January Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Center for Coastal Marine Studies. 



13 January Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Aquarium of Niagara Falls. 



13 January Commerce, scientific research permit application, Washington Department of Wildlife. 



26 January Commerce, public display permit application, New England Aquarium. 



26 January Commerce, scientific research permit application, Susan H. Shane. 



29 January Commerce, recommending to the National Marine Fisheries Service that it take steps 



to develop a definition of what constitutes a public display facility for purposes of 

 issuing permits under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. 



29 January Commerce, public display permit application, Hyatt Regency Waikoloa Resort. 



29 January Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on the recent on-site 



examination of the Cleawater (Florida) Marine Science Center and recommending, 

 among other things, that the Service resolve certain questions regarding the 

 permanent maintenance of rehabilitated stranded animals for purposes of public 

 display. 



29 January Agriculture, commenting to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on a recent 



inspection of the Clearwater (Florida) Marine Science Center and recommending 

 that the Service reconsider its interpretation of regulations with respect to isolation 

 of captive marine mammals. 



4 February Interior, modification of scientific research permit, Donald B. Siniff. 



4 February Commerce, modification of public display permit, Ocean World, Inc. 



4 February Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Jay C. Sweeney. 



5 February Commerce, scientific research permit application, Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center. 

 8 February Commerce, public display permit application, Sea Life Park, Inc. 



12 February Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Southwest Fisheries Center. 



18 February Commerce, public display permit application, Horizons West, Ltd. 



18 February Commerce, public display permit application, Indianapolis Zoological Society. 



19 February Commerce, scientific research permit application, National Zoological Park. 



19 February Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Brent S. Stewart. 



24 February Commerce, commenting to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 

 the draft report of the Marine Debris Task Force and proposing, among other 

 things, that the report be expanded to include recommendations for: (1) estab- 

 lishing a marine debris monitoring system to collect and analyze data on the nature 

 and magnitude of the problem; (2) evaluating beach clean-ups carried out by local 

 communities to assess their effectiveness as a mitigation measure; (3) cleaning up 



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