MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION - Annual Report for 1998 



28 April State, commenting to the Office of Oceans and Polar Affairs on four proposals for 



Arctic sustainable development projects developed by the State of Alaska, noting that 

 the proposals are of direct relevance to the well-being of people living in rural Alaska 

 and elsewhere in the Arctic; recommending that the proposals be expanded to provide 

 clearer indications of (1) what the U.S. and other Arctic countries are being asked to 

 do; (2) what the financial implications would be; and (3) how residents of the various 

 Arctic states could be expected to benefit from the proposed cooperative activities. 



28 April State, commenting to the Deputy Secretary of State on draft "US Goals for the Arctic 



Council" and the advisability of the United States serving as the chair of the Arctic 

 Council; noting that it would be desirable and appropriate for the United States to do 

 so; further noting that the projected cost estimate for the government to host the 

 meeting seemed unrealistic. 



29 April Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit, J. M. Brady , Glacier Bay 



National Park. 



4 May Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit, D. Ann Pabst. 



4 May Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit, William G. Gilmartin, Hawaii 



Wildlife Fund. 



5 May Commerce, scientific research permit, Rachel Cartwright. 



14 May Commerce, amendment of general authorization for scientific research, Paul H. 



Forestell. 



15 May Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit, R. Michael Laurs, Southwest 



Fisheries Science Center. 



26 May Interior, amendment of scientific research permit, Chadwick V. Jay. 



26 May Interior, general authorization for scientific research, Adam Ravetch, National 



Geographic. 



26 May Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit, Southwest Fisheries Science 



Center. 



26 May Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit. Mason Weinrich, Cetacean 



Research Unit. 



27 May Interior, public display and enhancement permit. Long Beach Aquarium of the 



Pacific. 



3 June Interior, public display and enhancement permit, Victor C. Aderholt, Alaska SeaLife 



Center. 



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



Mammal Laboratory. 



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