"This document represents NMFS opinion on the effects of the proposed issuance of Permit Nos. 20605 and 20043 on beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas, Cook Inlet Distinct Population Segment (DPS)), blue whales (Balaena musculus), bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus), false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens, Main Hawaiian Islands Insular DPS), fin whales (Balaena physalus), gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus, Western North Pacific population), Gulf of Mexico Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera edeni), humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae, Central America, Mexico, and Western North Pacific DPSs), killer whales (Orcinus orca, Southern Resident DPS), North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis), North Pacific right whales (Eubalaena japonica), sei whales (Balaena borealis), sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), Hawaiian monk seals (Neomonachus schauinslandi), Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi), Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus, Western DPS), green turtles (Chelonia mydas, Central North Pacific, Central South Pacific, Central West Pacific, East Pacific, and North Atlantic DPSs), hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata), Kemp's ridley turtles, leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta, North Pacific, Northwest Atlantic, and South Pacific DPSs), and olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea, Mexico's Pacific Coast Breeding Colonies and all other areas). A complete record of this consultation is on file at NMFS Office of Protected Resources in Silver Spring, Maryland."--Page 2. [FPR-2017-9191 and FPR-2017-9218]. [doi:10.7289/V5P26WBH (https://doi.org/10.7289/V5P26WBH)]

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