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• NMFS Seeks Comment on Chukchi Seismic IHA

• NMFS Responds to Critical MMC Comments on IHA for L-DEO
• NMFS Proposes IHA for Beaufort Seismic
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Seismic IHA for Chukchi Sea
• NMFS Explains Position on Several Marine Mammal Issues

• CRE Comments on Sperm Whale Petition
• Navy Developing PAM Data in the Gulf of Alaska
• NMFS Seeks Public Comment on Shell Arctic IHA

• NMFS Issues IHA for L-DEO Atlantic Seismic
• NMFS Issues MMPA Regulations for GOM Liquefied Natural Gas Port
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Navy IHA for Western North Pacific Ocean

• BOEM and NMFS Request Comment on Supplemental DEIS for Arctic Oil and Gas
• NMFS Proposes IHA for L-DEO Seismic in the Northeast Atlantic
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Whether to Protect Glacially-Associated Harbor Seal Habitats
• NMFS Establishes Bowhead Whaling Quotas
• NMFS Issues IHA for Arctic Seismic

• Navy Monitoring Indicates No Behavioral Disturbances from Sonar

• NOAA Requests Comment from MARMAM
• Navy Intends to Use New Acoustic Model to Assess Marine Mammal Effects
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Revised Draft SARs
• FWS Proposes Oil and Gas Take Rules for Walruses and Polar Bears
• NMFS Publishes ESA Actions for Ringed Seal

• WP Article on Ocean Zoning
• NMFS Seeks Comment on IHA for Cook Inlet
• NMFS Releases Report on The Effects of Salmon Fisheries on Southern Resident Killer Whales

• NMFS Publishes Favorable Finding on Petition to Delist the Southern Resident Killer Whale
• NMFS and FWS Extend Comment Period for Proposed Changes in Identifying ESA Habitats
• NMFS Issues LOA for Navy Marine Mammal Takes
• NMFS Celebrates MMPA 40th Anniversary

• CRE Files Comments on BSEE Information Collection Request
• NMFS Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Marine Mammal Protection Act with Article on MMPA Enforcement
• NMFS Changes Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan for Coastal Gulf of Maine
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Navy LOAs

• FWS Proposes IHA for Incidental Harassment of Southern Sea Otters
• NMFS Requires PAM in Proposed IHA
• NMFS Proposes Rules for Marine Mammal Takes Incidental to Construction and Operation of a Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port in the Gulf of Mexico
• NMFS Propose IHA for Bird Mitigation Noise

• NMFS Proposes IHA for Seismic in the Beaufort and Chukchi
• NMFS Requests Public Comment on Draft SARs
• NMFS Issues Regulations for Navy Low Frequency Sonar
• CRE Files Comments on BOEM SEIS
• NMFS Authorizes Marine Mammal Takes During Explosive Removal of Offshore Oil and Gas Structures in the GOM

• NMFS Issues Navy IHA for San Diego Bay
• NMFS Issues Three Seismic IHAs to L-DEO
• NMFS Issues BP an IHA for Seismic in the Beaufort
• NMFS Issues GOM IHA to ExxonMobil

• NSF Publishes ROD for Seismic PEIS
• BOEM Publishes Data on Effectiveness of Seismic Mitigation Measures
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Navy LOA that Includes Time Delayed Firing Devices
• New Article on Assessing Shipping Noise

• CRE Files Comments on DPEIS for Atlantic Seismic
• NMFS Publishes Final SARs for 2011
• NMFS Requires PAM in Cook Inlet Seismic Permit
• NMFS Issues Seismic IHA for South-Eastern Pacific Ocean
• NMFS Proposes IHA for BP Seismic in the Beaufort

• NMFS Requests Comment on Blue and North Pacific Right Whales
• FWS Proposes Special Rule to Protect Polar Bear
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Peer Review of Ringed and Bearded Seal ESA Listing Decisions
• Odontocetes Show Remarkable Control Over Echolocation Beams

• CRE Comments on Draft SARS Guidelines
• NMFS Begins 5-Year Review of Right Whales
• NMFS Proposes IHA for Scripps in the Southeastern Pacific
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Navy IHA Application
• CRE Files Comments on Arctic DEIS

• NMFS Issues Sonar LOA for Parts of Gulf of Mexico
• CRE Comments on Gulf of Mexico DEIS
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Beluga Whale ICR
• Parties Ask Court to Stay Seismic Litigation to Allow Time to Conclude Settlement Negotiations

• NMFS Seeks Comment on SARS Guidelines Revisions
• NMFS Extends Comment Period on Arctic Draft EIS
• CRE Submits Comment to BOEM on Draft PEIS for OCS 5 Year Plans
• NMFS Seeks Comments on DEIS for Arctic Marine Mammals

• NMFS Compiles Navy SOCAL File
• NMFS Asks for Comment on Proposed IHA for L-DEO Seismic in the Mariana Islands
• NMFS Announces ESA Listing Actions for Seals
• Woods Hole Asks NMFS To Allow Research On More Marine Mammals

• NMFS Requests Comments on Navy IHA for Indian Ocean
• NMFS Responds to MMC Comments on Scripps Seismic IHA
• BOEMRE Seeks Comment on DRAFT PEIS for Five Year OCS Oil & Gas Program
• Bacterial Infection Cause of Death In Some Stranded Dolphins

• CRE Responds to NGO Comments on BOEMRE\'s Revised Take Application
• NMFS Issues IHA for Massachusetts Bay LNG
• L-DEO Seeks IHA for Seismic in the Central Pacific
• NMFS Scopes EIS for Bowhead Whale Harvest

• NMFS Performing EIS for Alaska Natives Whale Harvest
• NMFS Requests Comment on 3D Seismic IHA for Cook Inlet
• NMFS Defends 160 dB Behavioral Take Standard
• Questionnaire Relating to Underwater Sound and Marine Life
• NMFS Publishes New Marine Mammal SARs

• NMFS Publishes New Marine Mammal SARs
• NMFS Issues Navy an LOA for the Marianna Islands
• FWS Publishes Final Polar Bear and Walrus rules
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Sei Whale Recovery Plan

• MPAC to Vote on Marine Spatial Planning Linkages
• Nominations Sought for Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee
• CRE Files Comments on BOEMRE\'s Revised Take Application for Gulf of Mexico Seismic
• NMFS Responds to Critical MMC Comments on IHA for L-DEO
• Better Late Than Never: MMC Finally Proposes IQA Guidelines

• NMFS Is Developing a Comprehensive International Action Plan for Marine Mammal Conservation
• Increasing Public Access to Federal Contract Information - Reinvigorating the Data Access Act: Center for Regulatory Effectiveness in Science Magazine
• Increasing Public Access to Federal Contract Information - Reinvigorating the Data Access Act: Center for Regulatory Effectiveness in Science Magazine
• CRE Comments on BOEMRE\'s Supplemental EIS for the Gulf of Mexico

• NOAA SAB Approves Report on Marine Spatial Planning
• NMFS Says Some Alaskan Whale Populations Unaffected by Seismic
• Xanax overnight

• MMC Seeks Nominations for Committee of Scientific Advisors
• NMFS Explains Its View of Best Available Data in New Killer Whale Rules
• CRE Comments on BOEMRE\'s Call for the GoM Multi-Sale
• NMFS Seeks Comment on USGS\' IHA Application for Seismic in the Gulf of Alaska
• CRE Files Comments on BOEMRE\'s EIS Scoping

• New Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quota for Bowheads
• FWS Proposes Polar Bear and Pacific Walrus Take Rules
• BOEMRE Cancels Cook Inlet Lease Sale 219
• NMFS Issues LOA\'s for Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures In the Gulf of Mexico
• NMFS Seeks Comment on a Take Application for a Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port in the Gulf of Mexico

• FWS Finds that the Pacific Walrus is Endangered or Threatened under the ESA, but lacks the Resources to Do Anything About It
• NMFS Issues MMPA Take Rules for Navy Training Operations Within the Gulf of Mexico Range Complex
• NMFS Issues More Flexible Navy Sonar Rules
• NMFS Non-Issues IHA for Shell in the Chukchi and Beaufort

• NMFS Seeks Comments on Marine Mammal Monitoring Results and Announces Sound and Marine Mammal Workshops
• Where We Stand on Seismic Regulation
• SPL vs. SEL
• Who’s Right About Seismic Models?

• NMFS Publishes Recovery Plan for Sperm Whale
• Happy Birthday Wishes to the Data Quality Act
• NOAA Finds That Low Overhead Flights Disturb Marine Mammals
• NOAA Restricts Mackerel and Cod to Protect Western Stellar Sea Lions
• NOAA Issues Regulations Restricting Navy Training Exercises Off the Northwest Coast

• NMFS Proposes to List Hawaiian Insular False Killer Whale as Endangered Species
• NMFS Proposes to Authorize Fisheries Bycatch of Six Endangered Species
• Navy Calls for Research Proposals on the Effects of Stress on Marine Mammals

• NMFS Cites OMB\'s Peer Review Bulletin in Listing Spotted Seas under the ESA
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Navy Take Regulations for Gulf of Alaska
• NSF Publishes Seismic DPEIS for Hearings and Comments
• National Science Foundation Announces Public Hearings, Comment Opportunity

• NMFS Seismic IHA Applies to Joint US and Canadian Project
• BOEMRE Implements Safety Board Report
• NOAA Regional Ocean Partnership Funding Program: FY2011 Funding Competition
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Scripps IHA for Seismic Surveys In the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean
• NMFS Reopens Comment Period for Stellar Sea Lion

• OCS Scientific Committee Meets to Review BOEM Plans and Actions
• NMFS Issues Another IHA for Alaskan Seismic
• NMFS Grants Seismic Survey IHA for the Chukchi
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Draft 2010 Marine Mammal SARs

• MMC Questions Ability to Spot Marine Mammals Near Seismic Vessels
• FWS Seeks Public Comment on Polar Bear and Walrus ICR for the Chukchi, Beaufort and Alaskan Coast
• NOAA Is Reviewing Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan
• NGOs\' Seismic Complaint Is Factually Suspect
• NOAA SAB Meets on NOAA Response to Deepwater Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

• No IWC Compromise on Commercial Whaling
• NMFS Approves Importing of Mexican Yellowfin Tuna under MMPA
• NMFS Proposes Take Authorization for Oil and Gas Seismic in the Chukchi
• NMFS Issues Permit for Hawaiian-Fishing Take of Endangered Humpback Whales

• NMFS Seeks Comment on L-DEO IHA Application for Seismic Survey in Northwest Pacific Ocean
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Shell IHA for the Chukchi and Beaufort
• CRE Files Comments on MMS\' PEIS for Atlantic Seismic
• NMFS Requests Nominations for IWC Annual Meeting

• FWS Proposes Guidelines to Protect Polar Bears
• MMS Solicits Comments on Atlantic PEIS for Oil and Gas Seismic
• MMS Schedules Public Hearings for OCS EIS Scoping
• MMS Solicits Comment on OCS 5-Year Plan Actions
• MMS Unveils New 5-Year OCS Plan

• PAM Progress?
• BP Requests New 5-Year Take Rules for Northstar in the Beaufort
• NMFS Publishes Aboriginal Bowhead Whaling Quotas
• MMS and NMFS Scientists Study Gulf of Mexico Sperm Whales

• NMFS Announces Public EIS Scoping Meetings for Oil and Gas in Arctic Ocean
• NMFS Seeks Nominations for 2010 IWC Meetings
• NMFS Preparing New EIS for Oil and Gas Operations in the Cukchi and Beaufort
• NMFS Intends to Authorize Navy to Kill Whales in Alaska

• NMFS Seeks Information for the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Recovery and Conservation Plans
• Environmental and Alaskan Native Groups Sue over MMS Approval of Shell Drilling in the Chukchi Sea
• FWS Says It Doesn\'t Have Money to Expand Manatee Critical Habitat
• NMFS Grants NRDC\'s Petition to List Killer Whales as Endangered under the ESA

• FWS Publishes Final Stock Assessments for Pacific Walrus and Polar Bears
• OMB\'s Reviewing Proposed Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan Regulations
• CBD Sues EPA Over Pesticides and Polar Bears
• Slazar Approves Shell\'s Oil and Gas Exploration Plan for Chukchi
• NMFS Proposes Critical Habitat For Beluga Whales

• NGOs Threaten to Sue NMFS over Blue Whales
• NMFS and MMS Take Environmental Action in Gulf of Mexico
• NMFS and MMS Will Produce a New Programmatic EIS for Seismic in the Chukchi and Beaufort
• NMFS and MMS Act Favorably on Shell Leases in the Chukchi and Beaufort

• FWS Proposes Critical Habitat for Polar Bears
• NOAA Proposes Not to List Spotted Seals Under the ESA
• NMFS SAB to Review NOAA Strategy in the Arctic and other Marine Mammal Matters
• FWS Takes Critical Habitat Actions for Polar Bears and Alaska Sea Otters
• NMFS Agrees to Rule on Ringed, Bearded and Spotted Seal ESA Status

• NMFS Schedules New Public meeting on Public Meetings on Protective Regulations for Killer Whales
• Good News about the Brazilian Humpback Whale
• CRE Asks IWC and the Public to Consider Brazilian Marine Mammal Report

• NMFS Issues Controversial L-DEO Permit
• MMS Determines that Shell Plan for Beaufort Exploration is Complete
• NGOs Sue over Seismic Effects on Canadian Marine Protected Area
• MMS Places Alaska Environmental Studies Plan Online

• D. C. Circuit Clarifies Scope Of Its Offshore Lease Ruling
• NMFS Receives Adverse Comments on its Proposed Shell IHA for the Arctic
• MMS Awards Grant for Noise Monitoring in the Chukchi Sea
• NMFS Proposes MMPA Take Rules for Navy\'s Expanded Operations in Washington State
• Alaska Moves to Intervene in Beaufort Lease Sale Litigation

• Shell Withdraws an IHA, while Rice Applies for One
• FWS Requests comment On Draft Revised Stock Reports for Pacific Walrus and Two Stocks of Polar Bears
• CBD Threatens to Sue NMFS Over Seal Listings
• Shell Applies for Chukchi IHA

• Scripps/NSF Apply for Northeast Pacific Seismic Permit
• CBD and FWS Settle Walrus Listing Case
• The Navy Has Several Marine Mammal Protection Act Permit Applications Pending
• L-DEO Requests MMPA Permit for Seismic Operations in Canadian Marine Protected Area

• NMFS Seeks Comment on Endangered Beluga Whale Critical Habitat
• D.C. Circuit Remands MMS\' 5-Year OCS Plan for Reconsideration of Sensitive Areas Issues
• NGO Intends to Sue NMFS Over Ribbon Seal and Climate Change
• MMS Holds Public Hearings on OCS 5-Year Plan
• Marine Protected Areas FACA Committee Meets on April 21-23

• NOAA Tries to Satisfy Governor Schwarzenegger Objections to Marine Sanctuary Rules for California
• MMS Announces Public Meetings on Outer Continental Shelf Energy Plan
• MMS Extends Comment Period on Draft Proposed 5-Year OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2010-2015 and on MMS\' Notice of Intent To Prepare an EIS for the Proposed 5-Year Program
• MMS Extends Comment Period for Oil and Gas Lease Sales for Chukchi and Beaufort EIS

• NOAA Seeks Volunteers for Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council
• Navy Commits to Marine Mammal Monitoring Research and Workshop
• Navy Requests LOA from NMFS for Takes Incidental to Undersea Warfare Training Range
• NMFS Extends Comment Period on Swordfish By-Catch Petition
• NMFS Publishes Final Take Rules for Navy\'s Gulf and Atlantic Fleet Sonar
• Navy Publishes Record of Decision for Gulf and Atlantic Fleet Sonar Training

• Interagency Sound Task Force Posts Research Plan
• MMS Needs Help Paying for Atlantic Offshore PEIS
• MMS Will Consider Climate Change in its Environmental Impact Statements for Oil and Gas Leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf
• NOAA Seeks Nominations for U.S. Delegation to the IWC
• NMFS Extends Comment Period on Langseth IHA
• Navy and NGOs Settle Sonar Litigation
• NMFS Denies NGO\'s Petition to List Ribbon Seals under the ESA

• CRE Challenges NMFS\' Statements about Seismic and Sperm Whale Foraging
• CBD Petitions NMFS for By-catch Rulemaking
• OMB Approves and Interior Publishes ESA Consultation Rules
• NGOs Claim Noisy Oceans Harm Whales

• NMFS Proposes Seismic IHA for the Langseth
• Court Orders Briefing Schedule in NGO Challenge to FWS Polar Bear and Walrus Oil and Gas Seismic Rules
• Supreme Court rules for Navy in California Sonar Case
• MMC Announces Scientific Advisors Meeting and Publishes New Sound Report

• MMS OCS Scientific Committee and MMC Science Advisors Schedule Meetings
• NMFS Lists Beluga Whales as Endangered and Publishes Conservation Plan for Them
• Government Responds in Alaska Polar Bear and Walrus Incidental Take Case
• MMS Seeks Comments on Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 213
• ENVIROs File Amended Complaint against FWS\' Take Rules for Polar Bears and Walrus in the Chukchi Sea

• MMS Publishes Sperm Whale Seismic Study
• NMFS Requests Nominations to Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee
• Industry Sues over \"Alaska Gap\" in FWS Polar Bear Listing
• NMFS Proceeds on Global-Warming-Related Seal Listing Under the ESA

• L-DEO Applies for Seismic IHA for Gulf of Alaska
• Proposed ESA Rule Changes Expressly Address Polar Bears
• NMFS Rejects Enviro Attacks on Beaufort Seismic Permit

• NGOs Sue Over Polar Bears and Oil & Gas in the Chukchi
• NMFS Issues IHA to Port of Anchorage Despite MMC and NGO Protests
• Court Upholds Shell and BP Seismic Permits for Chukchi and Beaufort Seas
• Navy Files for Take Authorization for Cherry Point Range Complex
• Navy Requests LOA for Keyport Range Complex Extension

• NMFS Proposes Take Rules for Navy Sonar in Hawaii
• NMFS Seeks Comment on an IHA for a 3D Sesimic Survey in the Beaufort Sea
• FWS Publishes Final Polar Bear Rules for Oil & Gas Exploration in the Chukchi
• Shell Requests IHA for Offshore Exploratory Drilling in Beaufort Sea

• University of Texas Files for Seismic IHA in Northeastern Pacific Ocean
• ConocoPhillips files for Seismic IHA in Chukchi
• FWS Lists Polar Bears as Threatened Under the ESA
• NGOs Sue Over Arctic Seismic Permits
• NOAA Announces Public Meeting on U.S. IWC Positions

• CRE Brasil Seeks Public comment on Brazilian Marine Mammal Report
• Navy Applies to NMFS for SOCAL Sonar Takes
• MMS Notices Intent to Perform EIS for Sale 214 in the North Aleutian Basin

• MMS Requests Comment on GOM Environmental Assessment
• Navy Seeks Comment on Gulf of Alaska Sonar EIS
• Comment Periods Open for Navy Sonar Marine Mammal Permit Application
• MMS Intends to Prepare EA for Alternative Energy Proposed Rule

• Navy Holds Acoustic Research Conference
• NOAA/NMFS Issues ANPR on Taking of Stranded Marine Mammals

• CRE-Brazil Comments on IBAMA Seismic Guidelines
• NOAA/NMFS Seeks Nominations for U.S. Delegation to Future of the IWC Meeting
• NRDC Challenges Navy Sonar Exemption
• MMS Publishes ROD for Final OCS Alternative Energy PEIS
• MMS Offers Chukchi Lease Sale 193

• NMFS Seeks Comment on L-DEO Seismic Permit Requiring PAM
• MMS Seeks Comment on EA for GOM Lease Sale 207
• NMFS Seeks Comment on Beaufort On-Ice Seismic Applications; MMS Seeks Comment on GOM Lease Sale EA

• NMFS Publishes List of Fisheries for 2008
• MMS Acts on OCS Environmental Issues
• MMS Moves Ahead On Alternative Energy Leasing
• MMS Seeks Comment on Environmental Reviews for Two GOM Lease Sales

• NMFS Uses DAM Rules
• NMFS Extends Comment Period For Scientific Research Permit Regs
• NMFS Issues Two Navy LOAs
• NMFS Publishes Final Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Rules
• NMFS Issues Cook Inlet Seismic IHAs to Union Oil and Marathon

• CBD Petitions NMFS for Speed Limits to Protect Blue Whales
• FWS Reopens Comment Period for Polar Bears ESA Listing
• NMFS Considers Changes to MMPA Permitting Rules
• Ninth Circuit Stays District Court Navy Sonar Injunction

• MMS Begins EIS Process for Beaufort and Chukchi Lease Sales
• NMFS Publishes Final Take Rules for Navy Surtass LFA Sonar
• Navy Applies for Hawaii LOA
• Marathon Oil Requests NMFS Permit for Seismic Operations in Cook Inlet
• NMFS Proposes Scripps Seismic Survey Permit

• Court Order Staying Shell \'s Exploratory Drilling Program in Beaufort
• NMFS Gives Northstar a Permit
• NMFS Proposes 5-Year ITA for Navy Sonar
• NMFS Again Extends Comment Period For Arctic PEIS

• MMS Preparing Gulf of Mexico Environmental Assessment
• NMFS Schedules Public Hearings for Beluga Whale ESA Listing
• MMS Publishes Final Seismic EIS for Chukchi Oil and Gas Leases
• NMFS Requests Public Comment on Proposed ITAs for Chukchi/Beaufort Seas

• NMFS Denies Right Whale ESA Petition
• NGOs Sue Navy Over Sonar Again
• IWC Meets in May
• Agencies Extend Comment Period for Alaska DPEIS
• MMS Publishes EIS for Proposed 5-Year OCS Leasing Program / MMS OCS Scientific Committee Meeting

• NMFS Proposes Endangered Species Listing for Cook Inlet Beluga Whales
• NMFS Issues On-Ice Seismic IHA for Seals, and Says that FWS Is Still Reviewing Polar Bear/Walrus Component
• NMFS\'s Shell Permits Raise Alaska On-Ice and Offshore Sound Issues
• NMFS Hold Public Meetings on DEIS for Strandings Response Program

• NMFS Publishes Bycatch List
• NMFS Considers Regulating Killer Whale Watching
• NMFS Seeks Public Comment On Programmatic EIS for Stellar Sea Lion and Northern Fur Seal Research
• Government Seeks Nominees for US Delegation to IWC

• FWS Announces Public Meeting on US Negotiating Positions at CITES Meeting
• FWS Schedules Public Meetings on Proposed Polar Bear Listings
• NMFS Requires Use of Seal Sniffing Dogs
• States Want to Kill Sea Lions to Save Salmon

• NMFS Seeks Comment on Seismic Permits
• NMFS Extends Comment Period for Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
• NMFS Requests Comment on ConocoPhillips and Union Oil Incidental Take Authorizations

• NMFS Publishes New Marine Mammals Strandings Criteria
• Right Whales in the News

• Hawaiian Boaters Taught to Avoid Resurgent Humpbacks
• Are Marine Mammals Causing Diminished Fish Stocks?

• Iceland Resumes Commercial Whaling
• NMFS Seeks Comment On L-DEO Seismic Application

• Is Flipper Really Dumb?
• Blog Debate on Whale Killing
• MMS Asks Public Comment for EIS on OCS Oil and Gas Leases

• NMFS Issues LOAS for Navy Sonar
• NMFS Issues IHA for GTX Seismic
• MMC\'S September Meeting with Committee of Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals
• MMS Publishes Final Arctic Ocean PEA
• Bycatch Defenders Oppose The Data Quality Act
• NMFS and FWS Act on Alaska Marine Mammal Issues

• Killer Gulls Endanger Right Whales
• House Passes MMPA Amendments
• California Judge Hold Whales More Important than National Defense

• NMFS Proposes New North Atlantic Right Whale Rules
• MMS Preparing Ea for Gulf Oil and Gas Lease Sale
• NMFS Proposes Orca Habitat
• UT Submits Seismic IHA Application to NMFS
• NMFS Receives Another Alaska Seismic IHA Application

• Orcas Threaten Stellar Sea Lion\'s Survival
• Conoco Requests IHA for Alaskan Seismic Operations
• Shell Applies for Alaska IHAs
• NMFS Publishes Revised Marine Mammal Stock Assessments

• Navy Files For Sonar Incidental Harassment Authorization
• MMS OCS Scientific Committee Meeting
• Oceana Says it Will Sue NMFS over Cuts in Observer Funding
• CRE Publishes White Paper On IWC Report

• NMFS Investigation Can\'t Find Cause of North Carolina Strandings
• CRE Asks Marine Mammal Commission To Publish DQA Guidelines
• NOAA Seeks Comment on Information Collection Request to Determine Commercial Fishing Effects on Marine Mammals
• NMFS Extends Right Whale Restrictions
• MMS Announces Availability of Environmental Documents
• NMFS Announces IWC Working Group Meeting

• WWF Predicts Entanglement Extinctions


• MMC Publishes Sound Committee Reports


• MMS Notices Intent to Prepare EIS for OCS Leases


• NMFS Reopens Comment Period on Right Whale Habitat


• NMFS Announces Aboriginal Whale Quota

• IWC Responds to CRE Letter

• CRE Advises IWC of US Information Quality Standards

• NMFS Proposes Critical Habitat Expansion For Northern Right Whales

• Monaco Conference Focuses on PAM And Navy Sperm Whale Data Base
• NRDC Sues Navy on Mid-frequency Sonar

• Sound Committee Report Emphasizes Funding Needs
• Senate Hearing on State, Tribes And Local Government Role in ESA
• Important Marine Mammal Commission Meetings
• Recent Research Further Indicates Bycatch Is Greatest Threat to Cetaceans
• Killer Whales Attack Right Whales

• Makah Whale Hunt Controversy Continues
• Greenpeace Back in Court on Bycatch
• Greenpeace Sues UK over Bycatch
• ACCOBAMS Bycatch Actions So Far Ineffective
• Australia Conducting Census of Antarctic Whales

• Urgent Concern over Right Whales
• IWC Says Bycatch May Kill 2000 Marine Mammals Every Day

• CRE Posts Public Comments on NMFS Acoustic Guidelines
• European Research Indicates Solar Activity Causes Whale Strandings
• Recent Developments
• Flipper Gets Drafted

• Shipping Contributes Most Noise To The Oceans, Effects Unknown
• Passive Acoustic Monitoring: Overrated?
• Passive Acoustic Monitoring: Overrated?
• Aristotle on Strandings
• CEEs: Destroying The Village In Order To Save It?

• Can MMAC Produce a Consensus Report?
• Can NMFS Develop Acoustic Effects Guidelines Without Models?
• About The IPD