Appendix A — Commission Recommendations 



8 June Commerce, providing general and specific comments to the National Marine Fisher- 



ies Service on the "Draft Release of Stranded Marine Mammals to the Wild: 

 Background, Preparation, and Release Criteria;". 



8 June Commerce, scientific research permit, Carole Conway. 



8 June Commerce, scientific research permit, Fred A. Sharpe, Simon Fraser University. 



10 June Commerce, scientific research permit, George Paka Nishimura, Sea Life Park. 



19 June Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on a request by 



Western Geophysical/Western Atlas International of Houston Texas for authorization 

 to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to seismic 

 surveys to be conducted in State and Federal waters in the south-central Beaufort Sea 

 between 1 July and 20 October 1998; referring to Commission recommendations on a 

 similar request by British Petroleum Exploration (Alaska); and further recommending 

 that the Service carefiilly consider possible cumulative impacts of the proposed 

 activities, particularly the possibility that the surveys could affect migrating bowhead 

 whales and the availability of whales to Alaska Natives for subsistence purposes. 



23 June Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit, Peter Worcester, Acoustic 



Thermometry of Ocean Climate Project. 



26 June Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit, Douglas P. DeMaster, National 



Marine Mammal Laboratory. 



26 June Interior, scientific research permit, James A. Estes, USGS, Biological Resources 



Division. 



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



Game. 



26 June Interior, scientific research permit, Randall S. Wells, Mote Marine Laboratory. 



26 June Commerce, amendment of general authorization for scientific research, Moana 



Productions, Inc. 



1 July Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on a request from 



the U.S. Coast Guard for authorization to take by harassment small numbers of 

 California sea lions. Pacific harbor seals, and Steller sea lions incidental to the 

 removal of three underground and two above-ground storage tanks at the Cape 

 Flattery Light Station on Tatoosh Island; recommending that the Service ensure that 

 (1) a sufficient number of qualified observers are used to verify that no more than the 

 authorized number of animals are harassed and that the effects are negligible, and (2) 

 the work is conducted as scheduled to avoid the pupping and molting seasons; and 

 recommending that the Service advise the applicant that any activities that result in 

 the taking of species listed under the Endangered Species Act requires separate 

 authorization under that statute. 



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