This opinion addresses authorization by NOAA Fisheries of the incidental and unintentional taking of bowhead whales, ringed seals, and bearded seals due to ocean bottom cable seismic surveys by BP in the Simpson Lagoon area of the Beaufort Sea.
Biological opinion on the potential effects of exploratory oil drilling by Shell Offshore, Inc. on the Outer Continental Shelf waters of the Beaufort Sea on marine mammals.
This Final Report to the National Marine Fisheries by Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Arctic Marine Mammal Program examines how parameters that affect population size may vary in time.