APPENDIX A 



MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS IN 1995 



3 January Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Andrew W. Trites. 



4 January Commerce, scientific research permit, University of Hawaii/Manoa. 



23 January Interior, scientific research permit, California Department of Fish and Game. 



23 January Interior, scientific research permit, Carle Foundation Hospital. 



23 January Interior, scientific research permit, Glenn R. VanBlaricom. 



23 January Interior, public display permit, Indianapolis Zoological Society. 



27 January Defense, commenting to the Advanced Research Projects Agency on the draft environmental impact 



statement/environmental impact report for the California Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate 

 Project (California ATOC Project) and its associated marine mammal research program; recom- 

 mending, among other things, that the statement be expanded to explicitly note the relevant provisions 

 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and to explain the rationale for the conclusion that the marine 

 mammal research program will provide the information necessary to determine whether marine 

 mammals may be taken incidental to the California ATOC Project, and, if so, whether the taking can 

 be authorized by a small-take exemption; further recommending that the statement propose criteria for 

 judging possible non-negligible impacts on marine mammals and that these criteria be used to assess 

 the possible effects of the proposed ATOC project on marine mammals. 



3 February Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, National Marine Mammal Laboratory. 



3 February Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Stephen J. Insley. 



3 February Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, James H. W. Hain. 



13 February Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, National Marine Mammal Laboratory. 



15 February Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Ronald J. Schusterman. 



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



22 February Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, National Marine Mammal Laboratory. 



24 February Interior, commenting to the Fish and Wildlife Service on the technical/agency draft Florida manatee 



recovery plan (Trichechus manatus) second revision; recommending, among other things, that the plan 

 explicitly call for the formation of a population assessment working group to (a) develop and review 

 an appropriate population model to detect and monitor population trends, and (b) review relevant data 

 pertaining to key population parameters; and recommending the plan be expanded to call for the 

 convening of a workshop to identify and evaluate needed fundamental changes in the recovery program 

 and to evaluate future recovery strategies. 



7 March Commerce, scientific research permit, Randall S. Wells. 



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