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1 recommendations, shall make the revised stock assessment 



2 available for public review and comment. 



3 "(4) Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact- 



4 ment of the Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments 



5 of 1993, the Secretary shall publish a final stock assess- 



6 ment of all marine mammal stocks which occur in U«ited 



7 States waters. The assessment shall include all informa- 



8 tion required under paragraph (1) and any other informa- 



9 tion which the Secretary deems appropriate. 



10 "(5) The Secretary shall review and publish, in con- 



1 1 sulfation with the Marine Mammal Commission, the Sec- 



12 retary of the Interior, and the Scientific Working Group, 



13 updated stock assessments — 



14 "(A) on an annual basis for those stocks con- 



15 sidered to be critical; and 



16 "(B) at least once every 3 years for all other 



17 marine mammal stocks. 



18 "(d) Authorization to Take Marine Mam- 



19 MALS. — (1) Not later than 30 days after the date of the 



20 publication of the final stock assessment as required under 



21 subsection (c), the Secretary shall issue a general author- 



22 ization for the incidental taking of marine mammals in 



23 the course of commercial fishing operations. Such author- 



24 ization shall be accompanied by regulations issued by the 



25 Secretary requiring — 



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