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Categorical Exclusion based on the determination that alternatives addressing the role of government in the CDQ program, if implemented, would not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment.

British Petroleum Exploration, Alaska, proposes to develop and produce oil and gas from the Liberty oil field and has applied to the Minerals Management Service for approval of the Liberty Development and Production Plan.

NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/OPR-21

NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-20

Review of mtDNA findings on the population structure and evolutionary history of beluga whales in the western Nearctic.

Published Date: 2001

Published Date: 2001

On September 5, 2001, the, Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), completed the twenty-third annual longline survey of Alaska sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) resources of the upper continental slope (Figure 1). This survey was designed to continue the time series (1979-94) of the Gulf of Alaska portion of the Japan-U.S. cooperative longline survey that was discontinued after 1994. NMFS has surveyed the Gulf of Alaska annually since 1987, the eastern Aleutian Islands biennially since 1996, and the eastern Bering Sea biennially since 1997. The Gulf of Alaska and eastern Bering sea were sampled in 2001.

On September 5, 2000, the, Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), completed the twenty-second annual longline survey of Alaska sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) resources of the upper continental slope (Figure 1). The present NMFS survey was designed to continue the time series (1979-94) of the discontinued Japan-U.S. cooperative longline survey of the Gulf of Alaska. NMFS has surveyed the Gulf of Alaska annually since 1987, the eastern Aleutian Islands biennially since 1996, and the eastern Bering Sea biennially since 1997. The Gulf of Alaska and eastern Aleutian Islands were sampled in 2000.

Analysis of the implementation of Steller sea lion protection measures to insure that groundfish fisheries off Alaska are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the western distinct population segment of Steller sea lions or destroy or adversely modify their designated critical habitat