10 May Commerce, public display permit application, Clare and Peter Harrison. 



10 May Commerce, scientific research permit application, C. Scott Baker. 



12 May Commerce, scientific research permit application, Center for Coastal Studies. 



17 May Interior, scientific research permit application, John G. Morris. 



18 May Commerce, scientific research permit application, Envirosphere Company. 



18 May State, commenting to the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and 



Scientific Affairs on an agreement negotiated with Japan pursuant to the Driftnet 

 Impact Monitoring, Assessment and Control Act of 1987 and recommending that it 

 be accepted. 



23 May Commerce, scientific research permit application, Burke Memorial Museum. 



23 May Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on its investigation 



of problems identified at a public display facility and urging that the Service 

 thoroughly evaluate the situation with respect to hepatitis B. 



23 May Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on population 



assessments and quota recommendations for bottlenose dolphins and recom- 

 mending, among other things, that the Service convene a workshop of independent 

 scientists to develop estimates of the numbers of bottlenose dolphins being caught 

 and killed or injured incidental to commercial fisheries and that, pending results of 

 the workshop, live captures and removals be authorized at existing levels except in 

 areas where the authorized level of take combined with incidental take in com- 

 mercial fisheries might exceed two percent of the minimum population estimate. 



24 May Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, D. A. Glockner-Ferrari and 



M. J. Ferrari. 



25 May Agriculture, commenting to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on 



maintenance of dolphins at various facilities in Florida and recommending that the 

 Service inspect all facilities maintaining only animals obtained prior to enactment of 

 the Marine Mammal Protection Act to ensure they are in compliance with 

 applicable regulations. 



26 May State, commenting on a revised draft protocol on specially protected areas and wildlife 



for the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment 

 of the Wider Caribbean Region, and suggesting certain revisions. 



12 June Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Michael Hunt. 



12 June Commerce, scientific research permit application, Oregon Department of Fish and 



Wildlife. 



12 June Commerce, scientific research permit application, Audrey Dianne Kopec. 



12 June Commerce, scientific research permit application, Bernie R. Tershy. 



12 June Commerce, scientific research permit application, Bruce R. Mate. 



12 June Interior, commenting to the Minerals Management Service on its Call for Information 



on proposed oil and gas lease sales in the central, western, and eastern Gulf of 

 Mexico; noting that: ecological information was not sufficient for most marine 

 mammals to determine how proposed activities might affect the stocks; the 

 bottlenose dolphin is the marine mammal species most likely to be affected by the 

 proposed action; bottlenose dolphins appear to be composed of a number of 

 discrete "local" populations or subpopulations; and possible cumulative effects of 

 incidental take in commercial fishing operations and habitat degradation must be 

 considered when assessing the possible effects on local bottlenose dolphin 

 populations in the Gulf of Mexico; recommending that, if not already done, it 

 consult with the National Marine Fisheries Service to: (a) obtain information on the 

 ecology and status of bottlenose dolphin populations that could be affected by the 

 proposed action; and (b) determine the research and monitoring programs required 

 to accurately assess and detect possible effects of the proposed action on these 



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