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AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2760 PROPOSED BY THE MAINE AQUACULTURE ASSOCIATION, AUGUST 1993 

 Sec. 7. INTENTIONAL LETHAL TAKING OF PINNIPEDS 



Section 101(a)(3)(B) Is amended by replacing the word 

 "depleted" with the word "critical". 



Section 104 (16 U.S.C. 1374) is amended by adding at the end 

 the following new subsection: 



"(i.)(l) APPLICATION FOR THE INTENTIONAL LETHAL TAKING OF 

 PINNIPEDS IDENTIFIED AS HABITUALLY EXHIBITING BEHAVIOR THAT CANNOT 

 OTHERWISE BE DETEKKED -- Any person may apply to the Secretary for 

 a permit to intentionally lethally take these pinnipeds, when 

 involved in the predation of a stock of fish that contributes to 

 threatening the survival of that fish stock, or in the predation of 

 fish being raised in marine aquaeulture facilities. 



(2) The application, using the best available Information, 

 shall Include at Inast the following! 



(a) A description of the species and stock, or stocks, 

 of pinniped involved, including population size 

 estimates, estimates of population trends, and a 



description of feeding habits; 



(b) If the predation is occurring with a stock of fish, 

 a description of the species and stock of fish 

 involved, including population size estimates and 

 estimates of population trends; 



(c) A detailed description of the predation, including 

 the specific location, or locations, of the 

 predation, how the predation is occurring, when it 

 occurs, and an estimate of how many animals are 

 involved in the predation; 



(d) An estimate of the economic loss of gear or catch, 

 or an estimate of the economic loss of fish being 

 raised; 



(e) A description of the environmental costs and 

 benefits associated with the proposed lethal take, 

 including an assessment of any other significant 

 contributors to the problem that the predation is 

 believed to be causing, and the direct and indirect 

 relationships between the pinnipeds and the 

 affected stock of fish or fish being raised; and 



(f) A specification of the expected long-term and 

 short-term benefits of the lethal removal of the 

 pinniped or pinnipeds involved in tha predation. 



(3) SECRETARY'S review OF application - The Secretary shall 



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