Author : United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Endangered Species Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (979 download)
Book Synopsis Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Permit No. 13545 for Research on Cetaceans Within U.S. Waters and on the High Seas by : United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Endangered Species Division
Download or read book Biological Opinion on the Issuance of Permit No. 13545 for Research on Cetaceans Within U.S. Waters and on the High Seas written by United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Endangered Species Division and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For the actions described in this document, the action agency is NMFS' Office of Protected Resources - Permits, Conservation and Education Division. The consulting agency is NMFS' Office of Protected Resources - Endangered Species Division. NMFS' Office of Protected Resources - Permits, Conservation and Education Division proposes to issue a pennit for passive recording, acoustic tracking, close approaches, photography, videography, close pursuit and following (focal follows), biopsy sampling and the collection of sloughed skin and feces from cetaceans within U.S. waters and on the high seas, pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the ESA. These actions will result in direct takes of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis), fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) and North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis), all ofwhich are listed as endangered under the ESA. This ESA Section 7 consultation (Opinion) considers the effects of the proposed studies on endangered and threatened species and designated critical habitat"--[Page 2]. [doi:10.7289/V5TH8JR7 (https://doi.org/10.7289/V5TH8JR7)]