Proposed Budget for the SteUwagen Bank 

 National Marine Sanctuary 



PERSONNEL 



TOTAL PERSONNEL $271,000 



DIRECT COSTS 



Fadlities and Equipment $ 90.000 

 Resource Protection (includes 



vessel) 270,000 



Research 100.000 



Education 100,000 



Manager's Fund 75,000 



TOTAL DIRECT COSTS $635,000 



TOTAL BUDGET $906,000 



Cetacean Research Unit 



April 5. 1991 



Joseph A. Uravltch, Chief 



Sanctuaries and Reserves Division 



Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management 



National Ocean Servlce/NOAA 



1825 Connecticut Avenue. N.W.. Suite 714 



Washington. D.C. 20235 



Comments regarding the Drafl Envlroruiiental Impact Statement/Management Plan 

 DEIS/MP (February 1991) and Proposed Regulations (Federal Register. Volume 58. No. 

 27. February 8. 1991. pps. 5282-5295). proposed SteUwagen Bank National Marine 

 Sanctuary. 



Dear Mr. Uravltch. 



The Cetacean Research Unit (CRtJ). a non-profit research, education, and conservation 



organization dedicated to the studies of cetaceans and their environment, welcomes this 



opportunity to comment on the DEIS/MP for the proposed SteUwagen Bank National 



Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS). Thes'efeinarks expand on our oral comments presented at 



■ '^■;>.'^''j-'i^ ::-..'■- -X,'. J-' ■••--.}..--, 

 the pubUc hearings held on March 1 1 and March 12. in Gloucester and Portsmouth 



respectively. . .•■'."■■% ■^^T^-'C'-'ir.-- ' '•"; 



CRU has conducted research on cetaceans In New England for the'past 11 years, and our CETACEAN RESEARCH UNIT 

 studies have contributed to a growing body of kriowledge concerning these animals. Our 



primary study area is the region within a 25 mile radius pYcioucester. MA, which ^ • ^° response necessary. 



.Includes most of the proposed SBNMS. We strongly support the" establishment of this 

 sanctuary, and thank you and your staff for your efforts to' this end. We agree that the 

 SteUwagen Bank region Is of national sIgnlScancei and wish to see appropriate protection 



from the many threats, both actual and potential, that could result in harm to this vital " <jOZ 



ecosystem. 



