APPENDIX A 

 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS: CALENDAR YEAR 1989 



10 January Commerce, commenting to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 



its marine mammal permit program; expressing support for the Service's policy to 

 permit facilities holding unreleasable animals taken under section 109(h) of the 

 Marine Mammal Protection Act to maintain them permanently; and recommending 

 that the process of authorizing placement of such animals be open to public review. 



11 January Interior, commenting to the Fish and Wildlife Service on implementation of the 1988 



amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act and recommending, among 

 other things, that the Service: work with the National Marine Fisheries Service to 

 agree on respective responsibilities as regards authorization of interim exemptions 

 under the amendments; advise the Commission of its plans to develop conservation 

 plans for depleted marine mammal species under its jurisdiction; consider preparing 

 conservation plans for non-depleted species of marine mammals under its 

 jurisdiction; and take steps to adopt its draft policy on lethal taking for public 

 display. 



11 January Commerce, modification of public display permit, Sea Life Park, Inc. 



11 January Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on the death of a 



bottlenose dolphin held in a temporary facility; requesting additional information on 

 the incident; and recommending that the Service ask the Animal and Plant Health 

 Inspection Service to pay particular attention to types of netting used in this and 

 other temporary holding facilities. 



12 January Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on implementation 



of the 1988 amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act; recommending that 

 it promptly develop standards for issuing public display, scientific research, and 

 enhancement permits; and further recommending that it consider suspending review 

 of public display permit applications until certain standards have been developed. 



13 January Interior, commenting to the Minerals Management Service on the Draft Environ- 



mental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Mining 

 Program, Norton Sound Lease Sale; noting that the DEIS provided a reasonably 

 thorough review and analysis of information on possible impacts of activities on 

 marine mammals in the sale area, but that it did not provide a complete evaluation 

 of information on the status of all marine mammal species likely to be in the 

 proposed sale area; recommending that the DEIS be expanded to consider effects 

 on additional marine mammal species and additional mitigation measures; and 

 further recommending that, if it had not already done so, the Service consult with 

 the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service to ensure 

 that baseline information and monitoring programs are adequate to detect changes 

 and mitigate possible impacts on marine mammals and other living marine 

 resources. 



13 January Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on its efforts to 



classify fisheries as category I, category II, or category III according to the frequency 

 with which they may incidentally take marine mammals; noting that certain fisheries 

 with potentially substantial incidental take rates had been classified as category II 

 because of a lack of evidence to support a category I listing; and recommending that 

 criteria for a category I listing be expanded to include fisheries that, based on 

 analogy with a fishery listed in category I, are likely to frequently take marine 

 mammals. 



18 January Commerce, scientific research permit application, Riviera Hotel. 



13 February State, commenting to the Office of Oceans and Polar Affairs on a paper entitled 

 "International Arctic Science Committee-Founding Articles"; expressing concern 

 that the proposed organization addressed in the Articles would not be open to the 



205 



