Letters - 2007

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The governors of Washington, Oregon, and California

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

Department of the Navy, Pacific Missile Range Facility

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