Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the application of Shell Offshore, Inc. (Shell) to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) for oil and gas related activities near Camden Bay in the B...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.228.717 2023-05-15T15:40:34+02:00 Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Mr. Michael Payne The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2011 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.228.717 http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/permits/shell_beaufort_exploratory_comments.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.228.717 http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/permits/shell_beaufort_exploratory_comments.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/permits/shell_beaufort_exploratory_comments.pdf text 2011 ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T18:37:37Z Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the application of Shell Offshore, Inc. (Shell) to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) for oil and gas related activities near Camden Bay in the Beaufort Sea. See 76 Fed. Reg. 68974 (November 7, 2011). These comments are submitted on behalf of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission ("AEWC"). The AEWC represents the eleven bowhead whale subsistence hunting villages of Ban-ow, Nuiqsut, Kaktovik, Pt. Hope, Pt. Lay, Wainwright, Kivalina, Wales, Savoonga, Gambell, and Little Diomede. The AEWC was formed by the whaling captains of our constituent villages in 1980 for the purpose of protecting our bowhead whale resource and subsistence hunt. We carry out responsibilities through locally delegated tribal authority and through federal authority delegated pursuant to the NOAA-AEWC cooperative agreement. Alaskan Native subsistence takes of marine mammals are exempt from the Marine Mammal Protection Act's (MMPA) moratorium on the take of marine mammals. 16 U.S.C. § 1371(b)(l). In addition, Congress has given our subsistence livelihood priority over other uses of the marine environment, requiring that other users mitigate the impactsAEWC Comments on Proposed IRA for Shell Offshore Inc. in Camden Bay Text Beaufort Sea bowhead whale eskimo* Savoonga Alaska Unknown |
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Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the application of Shell Offshore, Inc. (Shell) to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) for oil and gas related activities near Camden Bay in the Beaufort Sea. See 76 Fed. Reg. 68974 (November 7, 2011). These comments are submitted on behalf of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission ("AEWC"). The AEWC represents the eleven bowhead whale subsistence hunting villages of Ban-ow, Nuiqsut, Kaktovik, Pt. Hope, Pt. Lay, Wainwright, Kivalina, Wales, Savoonga, Gambell, and Little Diomede. The AEWC was formed by the whaling captains of our constituent villages in 1980 for the purpose of protecting our bowhead whale resource and subsistence hunt. We carry out responsibilities through locally delegated tribal authority and through federal authority delegated pursuant to the NOAA-AEWC cooperative agreement. Alaskan Native subsistence takes of marine mammals are exempt from the Marine Mammal Protection Act's (MMPA) moratorium on the take of marine mammals. 16 U.S.C. § 1371(b)(l). In addition, Congress has given our subsistence livelihood priority over other uses of the marine environment, requiring that other users mitigate the impactsAEWC Comments on Proposed IRA for Shell Offshore Inc. in Camden Bay |
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