APPENDIX A 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS IN 1992 
13 January 
17 January 
23 January 
27 January 
29 January 
29 January 
29 January 
30 January 
5 February 
6 February 
7 February 
11 February 
24 February 
25 February 
2 March 
Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on a proposed rule to implement 
Amendment 17 to the Bering Sea Groundfish Fishery Management Plan and thereby close certain 
waters around walrus haulout sites in Bristol Bay for groundfish trawling; noting that the North Pacific 
Fishery Management Council withdrew its support for the proposed closure; and recommending, 
among other things, that, notwithstanding the Council’s new position, the proposed closure be adopted 
and that the Service take steps to ensure that comparable regulatory measures be pursued for State 
waters within three miles of any adopted closure. 
Commerce, scientific research permit, Janice M. Straley. 
Commerce, scientific research permit, William A. Watkins. 
Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Dan R. Salden. 
Interior, public display permit, Oregon Coast Aquarium. 
Interior, public display permit, Seattle Aquarium. 
Interior, modification of scientific research permit, Smithsonian Institution. 
Commerce, scientific research permit, Southwest Research Associates. 
Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Southwest Fisheries Science Center. 
Commerce, scientific research permit, Phillip J. Clapham and David K. Matilla. 
Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Alaska Fisheries Science Center. 
Commerce, scientific research permit, Dena R. Matkin. 
Commerce, two public display permits, Sea World, Inc. 
Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on necropsy reports for four 
bottlenose dolphins that had been involved in an experimental swim-with-the-dolphin program; noting 
that cultures were not taken from all animals to check for human strains of bacteria and viruses; and 
recommending that the Service consider examining serum from these dolphins, if available, for 
antibodies to delphinoid distemper virus, parvovirus, and hepatitis. 
Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on proposed changes to its list of 
fisheries vis a vis interactions with marine mammals; and recommending that the Service, among other 
things, (1) review its procedures for reviewing and updating this list to ensure compliance with 
regulatory requirements; (2) periodically update and publish marine mammal-fisheries interaction data 
collected under the interim exemption program; (3) assess the likelihood that available data accurately 
represent the average or long-term take level for individual fisheries; and (4) upgrade the South 
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawl and menhaden purse seine fisheries to Category II on the 
list. 
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