APPENDIX A 



MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS IN 1998 



6 January 



9 January 

 14 January 



15 January 



15 January 



15 January 



20 January 

 20 January 

 29 January 



29 January 



29 January 



30 January 

 6 February 

 12 February 



Interior, commenting to the Fish and Wildlife Service on the decline of California sea 

 otters; recommending that the Service undertake or contract for an observer program 

 to determine whether, and to what extent, California sea otters are being taken 

 incidental to the developing trap fishery. 



Commerce, scientific research permit, Brendan P. Kelly. 



Agriculture, commenting to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on 

 revisions of the marine mammal care and maintenance standards; noting the Service's 

 progress in developing the standards; and requesting a summary report of the data on 

 existing pool sizes and related information. 



Interior, commenting to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and recommending 

 approval of a request by Monterey Bay Aquarium for incidental public display of sea 

 otters during rehabilitation. 



Agriculture, commenting to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on its 

 authority to regulate traveling cetacean exhibits, and requesting additional justification 

 for its belief that it is without legal authority to issue a general rule precluding it 

 from licensing a facility with a traveling cetacean exhibit. 



Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit, Alaska Department of Fish and 

 Game. 



Interior, public display permit, WyoBraska Natural History Museum. 



Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit, Christopher W. Clark. 



Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit, James T. Harvey, Moss 

 Landing Marine Laboratories. 



Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit, Robin W. Baird. 



Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit, Deborah A. Glockner-Ferrari 

 and Mark J. Ferrari. 



Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit, Norihisa Baba. 



Commerce, scientific research permit, Robert L. Brownell, Jr. 



Commerce, scientific research permit, Douglas P. DeMaster, National Marine 

 Mammal Laboratory. 



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