Date: December 19, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on development of a natural resources science plan for the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Hawaii.

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Date: December 17, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding issuance of permits for scientific research and enhancement activities.

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Date: December 14, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Reiterating comments and recommendations made previously on the proposed rule to designate critical habitat for the North Pacific right whale.

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Date: December 3, 2007

Recipient: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the draft recovery crediting guidance for recovery programs under the Endangered Species Act.

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Date: November 30, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on research on harmful algal blooms, the effects of anthropogenic sound on marine mammals, and creation of national marine mammal data archives, following the Commission's 2007 annual meeting.

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Date: November 30, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on marine mammal observer programs, health issues related to stock assessments, and alternative methods for managing marine mammal/human interactions, following the Commission's 2007 annual meeting.

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Date: November 27, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendation on the draft five-year status review for the Caribbean monk seal.

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Date: November 23, 2007

Recipient: The governors of Washington, Oregon, and California

Subject: Commending the governors of Washington, Oregon, and California for efforts to implement an ecosystem-based management approach for West Coast marine ecosystems, following the Commissionís 2007 annual meeting.

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Date: November 23, 2007

Recipient: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding northern and southern sea otters, following the Commission's 2007 annual meeting.

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Date: November 23, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the report of the Columbia River Pinniped-Fishery Interaction Task Force.

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Date: November 1, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Encouraging support for a concerted effort by the United States and others to act to save the vaquita from possible extinction.

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Date: October 22, 2007

Recipient: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the proposal to list polar bears as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

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Date: October 12, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the draft 2007 stock assessment reports for marine mammals.

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Date: October 9, 2007

Recipient: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding measures to protect manatees from harassment in the Crystal River, Florida.

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Date: October 2, 2007

Recipient: Department of the Navy, Pacific Missile Range Facility

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement regarding use of the Hawaii Range Complex.

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Date: September 20, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on annual quotas for the subsistence hunt of bowhead whales.

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Date: September 17, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources

Subject: Comments and recommendation on the Final Environmental Impact Statement on amendments to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan.

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Date: August 27, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the proposed rulemaking regarding the 2008 List of Fisheries.

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Date: August 20, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the revised draft recovery plan for the western and eastern distinct population segments of Steller sea lions.

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Date: August 3, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the proposal to list the Cook Inlet stock of beluga whales as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

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Date: July 27, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for seismic surveys in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Alaska.

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Date: July 24, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources

Subject: Comments and recommendations on a proposed rule on the taking of marine mammals incidental to U.S. Navy operations of SURTASS LFA sonar.

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Date: June 26, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources

Subject: Comments and recommendation regarding draft summary and evaluation of the five-year review of the southern right whale listing under the Endangered Species Act.

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Date: May 30, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) on NOAA's Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program.

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Date: May 25, 2007

Recipient: State of Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources

Subject: Comments on a request from the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center for a reserach permit to conduct shark control in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.

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Date: April 11, 2007

Recipient: Department of State

Subject: Advice to the Secretary of State to promote joint action and investment by the Mexican and U.S. governments to conserve the vaquita.

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Date: April 9, 2007

Recipient: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding a 12-month petition finding and proposed rule to list the polar bear under provisions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as a threatened species throughout its range.

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Date: April 2, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Protected Resources Division

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding applications from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho seeking lethal removal authority for pinnipeds preying on salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River.

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Date: April 2, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on the effects of permitted scientific research activities on threatened and endangered Steller sea lions and depleted northern fur seals.

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Date: March 23, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments responding to a 5-year review of the status of the Hawaiian monk seal under provisions of the Endangered Species Act.

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Date: March 23, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendation regarding the Service's 5-year reviews of the status of fin whales, sperm whales, and southern right whales under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act.

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Date: March 14, 2007

Recipient: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding recent video evidence of harassment of manatees in King Bay, Florida.

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Date: March 12, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments regarding MMC's interest in working with NMFS to organize and facilitate a meeting to develop a more effective course of action to address the current Hawaiian monk seal recovery crisis.

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Date: March 6, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office

Subject: Comments and recommendation regarding the taking of Cook Inlet beluga whales by Alaska Natives.

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Date: March 2, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Protected Resources Division

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding a proposed recovery plan for the southern resident stock of killer whales.

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Date: February 28, 2007

Recipient: Indigenous People's Council for Marine Mammals

Subject: Comments on efforts by the Indigenous People's Council for Marine Mammals to secure stable funding for Alaska Native organizations and co-management of marine mammals in Alaska.

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Date: February 22, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office

Subject: Comments and recommendations on a proposed rule to recognize the North Atlantic and North Pacific right whales as separate species consistent with taxonomy used by the scientific community and organizations.

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Date: February 14, 2007

Recipient: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding the Draft Framework for Developing the National System of Marine Protected Areas.

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Date: February 7, 2007

Recipient: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding the Draft Manatee Management Plan.

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Date: February 6, 2007

Recipient: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Division of External Affairs and Visitor Services

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding the Draft Interim Visitor Services Plan for the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to assess possible impact on Hawaiian monk seals and spinner dolphins.

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Date: January 29, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments on the Service's proposed review of the status of the Caribbean monk seal under the Endangered Species Act, with the conclusion that the Caribbean monk seal is extinct and should be removed from the list of endangered and threatened species.

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Date: January 29, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Regional Office

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding the Draft Recovery Plan for the Hawaiian Monk Seal.

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Date: January 17, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the need for the National Marine Mammal Laboratory and other NMFS research facilities to establish Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) as required under the Animal Welfare Act.

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Date: January 3, 2007

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding a proposed rule for the 2007 List of Fisheries under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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Date: December 29, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding a proposed environmental impact statement for the establishment of annual quotas for the subsistence harvest of bowhead whales by Alaska natives.

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Date: December 19, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Regional Office

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding a proposed rule to amend regulations under the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan covering gillnet fishing in the right whale calving grounds off the southeastern United States.

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Date: December 1, 2006

Recipient: Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic Division

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding the U.S. Navy's intention to evaluate the potential environmental consequences of mine warfare and antisubmarine warfare active sonar training exercises along the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico.

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Date: December 1, 2006

Recipient: Council on Environmental Quality

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding proposed guidelines for establishing, revising, and using categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

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Date: November 24, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on issues that should be addressed in an environmental impact statement to assess the potential impacts on the human environment that could result from regulations being considered to protect wild Hawaiian spinner dolphins.

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Date: November 17, 2006

Recipient: Federal Highway Administration

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding the portions of the Knik Arm Crossing Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that pertain to marine mammals.

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Date: October 30, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on a proposal to issue regulations that would govern the taking of marine mammals incidental to operation of the U.S. Navy’s Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) sonar

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Date: October 30, 2006

Recipient: U.S. Department of Commerce

Subject: Comments on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s proposed survey for measuring the preferences of U.S. residents regarding programs for the conservation and recovery of the Steller sea lion

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Date: October 26, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding the draft 2006 stock assessment reports for marine mammals

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Date: October 23, 2006

Recipient: Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology

Subject: Comments regarding the draft Ocean Research Priorities Plan

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Date: September 28, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding closure of the Southeast U.S. Restricted Area to all gillnet fishing

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Date: August 31, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the draft revised Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan

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Date: August 31, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the draft recovery plans for fin whales and sperm whales

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Date: August 15, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on a proposed rule to limit vessel speeds to 10 knots in certain areas to reduce collisions between ships and North Atlantic right whales

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Date: August 14, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on proposed critical habitat for the southern resident killer whale stock

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Date: May 24, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the application submitted by the U.S. Navy seeking authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) antisubmarine warfare training exercises in waters around the Hawaiian Islands

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Date: May 23, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on a proposed rulemaking regarding the 2006 List of Fisheries

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Date: May 15, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding protection of mother-calf pairs of right whales from entanglement in gillnet fisheries

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Date: April 28, 2006

Recipient: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding stock assessment reports for the California and Washington stocks of sea otters

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Date: April 24, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding the status review of the Cook Inlet beluga whale under the Endangered Species Act

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Date: March 23, 2006

Recipient: Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding the National Marine Fisheries Service's application for permits in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine Refuge

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Date: March 8, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding the Administrative Law Judge's recommended decision concerning long-term regulations to govern the taking by Alaska Natives of Cook Inlet beluga whales

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Date: February 13, 2006

Recipient: Hawaiian and Pacific Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding comprehensive conservation planning for the Howland, Baker, and Jarvis Islands National Wildlife Refuges

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Date: February 10, 2006

Recipient: Department of the Navy

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar

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Date: January 27, 2006

Recipient: Indigenous People's Council for Marine Mammals

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding subsistence following the Marine Mammal Commission's 2005 Annual Meeting

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Date: January 27, 2006

Recipient: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding subsistence following the Marine Mammal Commission's 2005 Annual Meeting

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Date: January 27, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding subsistence following the Marine Mammal Commission's 2005 Annual Meeting

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Date: January 25, 2006

Recipient: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding ecosystem research and management following the Marine Mammal Commission's 2005 Annual Meeting

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Date: January 25, 2006

Recipient: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding Fish and Wildlife Service species following the Marine Mammal Commission's 2005 Annual Meeting

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Date: January 25, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding National Marine Fisheries Service species following the Marine Mammal Commission's 2005 Annual Meeting

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Date: January 25, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding contaminants following the Marine Mammal Commission's 2005 Annual Meeting

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Date: January 25, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding fisheries following the Marine Mammal Commission's 2005 Annual Meeting

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Date: January 25, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations regarding coastal development following the Marine Mammal Commission's 2005 Annual Meeting

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Date: January 18, 2006

Recipient: Department of the Navy

Subject: Comments and recommendations on the Draft Overseas Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Statement for an Undersea Warfare Training Range off the Atlantic coast of the U.S.

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Date: January 13, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on a proposed rulemaking seeking public comment on whether to promulgate regulations to protect spinner dolphins in the main Hawaiian Islands

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Date: January 3, 2006

Recipient: National Marine Fisheries Service

Subject: Comments and recommedations on a proposed rule to revise the current critical habitat designation for the northern right whale

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Date: January 3, 2006

Recipient: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Subject: Comments and recommendations on a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the translocation of southern sea otters

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