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Marine Fisheries Service’s Annual Meetings
Specific exemptions in the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)
permit taking of marine mammals by coastal Alaskan natives for subsistence
and handicrafts uses. Other provisions allow the authorization of
incidental take of marine mammals by those engaged in other lawful
activities provided that take will not have an unmitigable adverse effect
on the availability of marine mammals to subsistence hunters. The MMS
participates in the annual meetings and review processes that National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has established to review monitoring and
mitigation plans, as well as the results from monitoring efforts, to
evaluate the impact of activities on the availability of marine mammals
for take by Alaska Native subsistence uses.
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