MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION — Annual Report for 1992 
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Interior, commenting to the Fish and Wildlife Service on manatee protection in certain National 
Wildlife Refuges; noting the need for greater public education efforts in the Crystal River National 
Wildlife Refuge and the need for further land acquisition along the Crystal River and in the area of the 
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge; and recommending that the Service (1) provide additional 
funding for a public awareness program and a visitor center at the Crystal River Refuge; (2) prepare a 
report and proposal for purchasing lands along Crystal River; and (3) pursue negotiations with the 
State of Florida to give the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge staff the authority to manage 
surrounding submerged lands. 
Interior, scientific research permit, Alaska Fish and Wildlife Research Center. 
Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Elizabeth A. Mathews. 
Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Southwest Fisheries Science Center. 
Commerce, scientific research permit, Randall Davis and Bruce R. Mate. 
Interior, commenting to the Fish and Wildlife Service on the need for a conservation plan for polar 
bears; forwarding a suggested draft plan; recommending, among other things, that the Service solicit 
comments on the suggested draft plan, prepare a final draft conservation plan, and circulate the final 
draft to the Commission and others for review; and further recommending that (1) the Solicitor’s 
Office and the Service’s Polar Bear Management Plan Advisory Team identify legislation necessary to 
implement all provisions of the International Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears; and (2) to 
better determine population discreteness, status, and trends, the Service provide the Planning Team 
with all vital parameters of the polar bear populations of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. 
Commerce, modification of two scientific research permits, Steven K. Katona. 
Commerce, scientific research permit, Ervin and Sonja Strong. 
National Science Foundation, commenting on the international need for a manual to monitor persistent 
marine debris; noting that such a manual had recently been prepared for the U.S. Marine Entangle- 
ment Research Program; and recommending that the head of the U.S. delegation for the eighth session 
of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s Working Group on Global Investigation of 
Pollution in the Marine Environment (1) take steps to publish the manual in its series of pollution 
monitoring manuals; and (2) invite the manual’s primary author to serve on the U.S. delegation to that 
meeting to present the document and address questions and comments. 
Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, William A. Watkins. 
Interior, commenting to the Minerals Management Service on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
for Gulf of Mexico Sales #142 and #143; noting that the draft does not thoroughly assess possible 
direct or indirect effects of the proposed action on marine mammals; and recommending, among other 
things, that the draft be expanded to describe requirements of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and 
actions that will be taken to ensure that lessees are aware of the Act’s provisions on taking marine 
mammals incidental to offshore oil and gas activities. 
Commerce, two scientific research permits, Southwest Fisheries Science Center. 
Interior, scientific research permit, Kevin T. Schulz. 
Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on a proposed marine mammal 
monitoring plan for an offshore oil exploration project and a petition for developing regulations to 
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