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Alternative Title:
National Marine Fisheries Service, Endangered Species Act Section 7, Biological and Conference OpinionBiological Opinion on Permit No. 20455, Tracking No. FPR-2016-9183
Corporate Authors:
United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Endangered Species Act Interagency Cooperation Division, ; United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Office of Protected Resources,
United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Endangered Species Act Interagency Cooperation Division, ; United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Office of Protected Resources, Less -
NOAA Program & Office:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
Description:
The action agencies for this consultation are NMFS, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division (hereafter the Permits Division), the lead action agency, and NMFS, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory (hereafter MML), the permit applicant. The Permits Division proposes to issue a scientific research permit (Appendix A) pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA and section 104 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of 1972, as amended (16 USC 1361 et seq.) to MML, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA (Responsible Party: John Bengtson, Ph.D.). The purpose of the proposed permit is to allow an exception to the moratoria and prohibition on takes established under the ESA and MMPA in order to allow the applicant to conduct scientific research on cetaceans (both ESA-listed and non-ESA-listed), and in doing so incidentally harass several pinniped species (both ESA-listed and non-ESA-listed)--Introduction. [doi:10.7289/V5Z899GZ (https://doi.org/10.7289/V5Z899GZ)]
Content Notes:
consultation conducted by: Endangered Species Act Interagency Cooperation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Consultation Tracking number: FPR-2017-9186.

Approved: May 10, 2017.

Action Agency: Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-156).


Keywords:
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Aerial Photography Cetacea Conservation Government Policy Instruments Marine Mammals Photography Research Scientific Applications
Series:
ESA Section 7 Consultation
DOI:
http://doi.org/10.7289/V5Z899GZ
Format:
PDF
Consultation Number:
FPR-2017-9186
Document Type:
Biological Opinion
Place as Subject:
United States ; Pacific Coast (U.S.)
United States ; Pacific Coast (U.S.) Less -
Name as Subject:
United States. ; United States.
United States. ; United States. Less -
Rights Information:
Public Domain
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Library
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urn:sha256:d626cb95ce146877b4ece5f8c339a791ba26499b8f603fff872157a76938dff1
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/14657/noaa_14657_DS1.pdf
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