Appendix A — Commission Recommendations 
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23 November 
24 November 
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3 December 
4 December 
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14 December 
high priority be accorded to publishing results of recent research; (3) the step-down outline be 
expanded to include tasks to develop a geographic information system and to oversee plan implementa- 
tion; and (4) the Service redraft narrative portions of the plan to provide a more complete description 
of the contemplated work proposed under each task. 
Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on meetings of the Hawaiian Monk 
Seal Recovery Team; noting that a report of the last Recovery Team meeting has not yet been 
received; and recommending that the Service take immediate steps to provide minutes of the last 
meeting to the Recovery Team, the Commission, the staff of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife 
Refuge, and other appropriate individuals and groups. 
Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Dan R. Salden. 
Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Salvatore Cerchio. 
Commerce, modification of scientific research permit, Phillip J. Clapham. 
Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on 11 proposals for research to 
obtain information necessary to implement the Service’s recommended regime to govern marine 
mammal-fisheries interactions; recommending that, for certain proposals, the Service obtain more 
detailed information on the study methodologies, data needs, budget breakdowns, and personnel before 
deciding whether and at what level to support the work; also recommending that the Service consider 
whether proposed research could be done more cost-effectively by its staff or under contract; and 
further recommending that the Service (1) with regard to proposed studies of harbor seals, hold a 
workshop to compare, evaluate, and standardize research methods; (2) before funding a proposed 
continuation of research on humpback whales in the North Atlantic, ensure that more critical studies 
on right whales and Hawaiian humpback whales are funded adequately; (3) with regard to a proposed 
assessment of harbor seal populations in Alaska, ensure that data needs have been fully and accurately 
identified, determine whether certain additional studies are needed to satisfy minimum data require- 
ments, and determine the likely level of incidental and subsistence take of harbor seals in the Aleutian 
Islands; (4) with regard to a proposed vessel-based survey of killer whales in Alaska, consider instead 
expanding on-going photo-identification studies and evaluating ways to reduce killer whale predation of 
fish caught in longline fisheries; and (5) with regard to proposed assessments of harbor porpoises in 
New England, Alaska, Washington, and Oregon, hold a workshop to compare, evaluate, and 
standardize research methods. 
Commerce, modification of scientific research permits, James H.W. Hain and the Southeast Fisheries 
Science Center. 
Commerce, public display permit, Cornish Seal Sanctuary. 
Commerce, forwarding to the National Marine Fisheries Service a Commission-sponsored report on 
the possible use of a cooperative geographic information system to facilitate access to, and integration 
and analysis of, data bearing upon the conservation of marine mammals in Alaska; and recommending 
that (1) the Service convene a meeting of representatives of Federal and State agencies and private 
organizations to consider the feasibility of developing such a system; and (2) if meeting participants 
consider such a system desirable, the Service establish a working group to develop and oversee 
implementation of the system. 
Commerce, scientific research permit, Randall S. Wells. 
Commerce, scientific research permit, Joseph A. Cook. 
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