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1 "(D) a list of commercial fisheries interacting 



2 with each marine mammal stock, which includes — 



3 "(i) the approximate number of vessels 



4 participating in the fishery; 



5 "(ii) the level of interaction, specifying fre- 



6 quent, occasional, or rare incidental takes; 



7 "(hi) seasonal or area changes in level of 



8 take; and 



9 "(iv) the rate at which takes occur, speci- 



10 fying on a per day or per fishing operation 



1 1 basis; 



12 "(E) the stock's status, specifying whether a 



13 species, stock, or population has been identified as 



14 having reached its optimum sustainable population, 



15 is depleted, threatened, endangered, or critical; and 



16 "(F) a potential biological removal level for 



17 each stock and the factors used to calculate it, 



18 "(2) The Scientific Working Group shall review the 



19 preliminary stock assessment and provide comments and 



20 recommendations to the Secretary not later than 60 days 



21 from receipt. 



22 "(3) The Secretary shall take the recommendations 



23 of the Scientific Working Group into account and, not 



24 later than 45 days after the receipt of such comments and 



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