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This Plan contains: (1) a comprehensive review of Steller sea lion status and ecology, (2) a review of previous conservation actions, (3) a threats assessment, (4) biological and recovery criteria for downlisting and delisting, (5) actions necessary for t

Marine Mammal Observer Program observations of the Kodiak Island salmon set gillnet fishery.

This Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement assesses the environmental impacts associated with research on northern fur seals and Steller sea lions.

Until the late 1990s, most research on Steller sea lions in Alaska was conducted by relatively few groups using the Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan (NMFS 1992) for guidance, and thus coordination was straightforward. Because of a large increase in scientific activity and funding, mostly through Congressional appropriations starting in FY01, a framework for a comprehensive and coordinated research program was created as an organizational tool (Ferrero and Fritz 2002). Studies were also categorized based on which multiple hypotheses proposed for the Steller sea lion decline were being addressed.

Yakutat observer manual. The Marine Mammal Protection Act gives NOAA Fisheries the authority to place observers aboard commercial fishing vessels to collect data for the purposes of assessing the impacts of commercial fisheries on marine mammals.

On October 6 and 12, 2006, NOAA Fisheries received applications from ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. and Union Oil Company of California, respectively, requesting Incidental Harassment Authorizations.

This Agreement between the Aleut Marine Mammal Commission and NOAA Fisheries sets forth a structure for the conservation and management of marine mammal subsistence species under NOAA Fisheries, with particular focus on Steller sea lions and harbor seals.

Observer sightings in the Cook Inlet salmon driftnet and setnet fisheries.

This is an overview of the Observer program for the Yakutat salmon set gillnet fishery.

Biological opinion on the potential effects of an exempted fishing permit for acoustic surveys of pollock in the Aleutian Islands on the western population of Steller sea lion. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2006-1059.