Appendix A — Commission Recommendations 



1 November Interior; commenting to the Fish and Wildlife Service on the status of the vaquita, noting concerns 

 raised in the Commission's 1 November 1991 letter to the National Marine Fisheries Service, and 

 recommending that both Services work together to detect and eliminate illegal trade in endangered 

 totoaba to address conservation needs of both totoaba and vaquita. 



4 November Commerce; commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on a proposed rule to designate the 



coastal-migratory stock of bottlenose dolphins along the mid- Atlantic U.S. coast as depleted under the 

 Marine Mammal Protection Act; noting that the justification for listing was based on a number of 

 assumptions that would be difficult, if not impossible, to verify, and that there would be no quantifiable 

 or theoretical basis for judging when the population has recovered; and recommending that the final 

 rule address, among other things, how the Service will determine when the affected population is no 

 longer depleted. 



5 November Commerce; public display permit, Boudewijnpark-Dolphinarium Brugge. 



5 November Commerce; public display permit, New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences. 



5 November State of Florida; commenting to the Governor and other members of the Florida Cabinet on proposed 



boat speed regulations in Dade County to protect manatees and recommending the regulations be 

 adopted. 



6 November Commerce; scientific research permit, Marsha L. Green. 



8 November Interior; commenting to the Fish and Wildlife Service on the Draft Southern Sea Otter Recovery Plan; 

 noting, among other things, that the draft plan does not adequately describe the full range of factors 

 threatening recovery of the southern sea otter population; and recommending that a revised draft of the 

 recovery plan be prepared and provided to the Commission and others for review and comment before 

 it is considered for adoption by the Service. 



8 November Interior; commenting to the National Park Service on proposed regulations to allow commercial fishing 

 in non-wilderness portions of Glacier Bay National Park through 1997; noting that, in 1983, the Service 

 adopted regulations prohibiting commercial fishing in all national parks except where specifically 

 authorized by statute, and that eliminating fishing activities in Glacier Bay could benefit humpback 

 whales that utilize the park; and recommending that the Service reconsider the proposed regulations and 

 refrain from final rulemaking until better information is provided regarding commercial fishing 

 activities that would be allowed. 



15 November State of Florida; commenting to the Department of Natural Resources on proposed rules to regulate 

 vessel speeds to protect manatees in Citrus County; and recommending that the proposed rules be 

 modified and submitted to the Governor and other members of the Florida Cabinet for adoption. 



18 November State; commenting to the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs on a 



United Nations draft report to the Secretary General on large-scale driftnet fisheries; noting that the 

 report fails to identify all significant points raised in the United States' comments to the United Nations 

 on the issue of high seas driftnet fishing; and recommending that additional language be added to the 

 report to reflect ecosystem impacts of large-scale high seas driftnet fisheries. 



19 November Interior; commenting to the Fish and Wildlife Service on developing boat speed regulations to protect 



manatees in the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge; noting that the Service's reply to the 

 Commission's 17 October 1991 letter indicates an intent to prepare rules to create manatee protection 

 areas in the Refiige; and recommending that the Service (1) expedite review of its notice of intent to 

 propose rulemaking and (2) immediately begin developing proposed rules that include measures at least 

 as strong as the rules adopted by the Florida Governor and Cabinet for Volusia County. 



20 November Conmierce; commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on the Western Pacific Fishery 



Management Council's report assessing the feasibility of real-time fishing satellite-linked radio vessel 

 tracking equipment; and recommending that the Service immediately review the report with a view 

 towards developing a strategy to require longline vessels and certain other vessels fishing off Hawaii 



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