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and recommending that: a) the Service take such 

 steps as may be necessary to increase the level of 

 observer coverage of fishing activities; b) steps 

 be taken to ensure that a reliable incidental take 

 sample is obtained from the land-based fishery; 

 c) the relationship between the incidental take 

 permit and the Memorandum of Understanding with 

 the Japanese be clarified; and d) a negotiating 

 position for discussions with the Japanese be 

 prepared for Commission review and comment. 



Commerce, scientific research permit application. 

 Southwest Fisheries Center. 



Commerce, modification of scientific research 

 permit. Point Reyes Bird Observatory. 



Commerce, scientific research permit application. 

 Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center. 



Commerce, scientific research permit application. 

 Southwest Fisheries Center. 



Coast Guard, commenting on the possible use 

 of a site adjacent to a warm-water refuge for 

 manatees as a base of operations for Coast Guard 

 vessels and recommending that the Coast Guard 

 station not be moved from its present location to 

 the proposed site. 



Interior, modification of scientific research 

 permit, Alaska Department of Fish and Game. 



Commerce, public display permit application, 

 Marineland Amusements Corp. 



Commerce, modification of public display permit. 

 Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. 



Commerce, commenting to the National Marine 

 Fisheries Service on the draft position papers 

 for the 25th annual meeting of the North Pacific 

 Fur Seal Commission and recommending: a) adoption 

 of position papers concerning pelagic entanglement 

 of seals and the 1982 harvest; b) that, if the 

 Standing Scientific Committee of the North Pacific 

 Fur Seal Commission proposes continuation of 

 pelagic research, the Committee be asked to 

 identify the types of studies which should be 

 concluded in conjunction with that research to 



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