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• Main Authors: Prepared By Randall, All R. Reeves, Phillip J. Clapham, Robert L. Brownell, Gregory K. Silber, National Marine, Fisheries Service
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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• Language: English
• Subjects: of plants and an; Payne; Reeves; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.9.3130; http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/readingrm/Recoverplans/blue_whale_RP.pdf

for the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus). Prepared by Reeves R.R., P.J. Clapham, R.L. Brownell, Jr., and G.K. Silber for the National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, MD. 42 pp. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The preparers are grateful to Jay Barlow, John Calambokidis, and Richard Sears for providing access to unpublished information, and also for reviewing this manuscript. Thanks are also due to Jim Carretta, Andy Dizon, Jim Gilpatrick, Mike Payne, Wayne Perryman, and Steve Reilly for advice and information on various subjects. PREFACE Congress passed the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 USC 1531 et seq) (ESA) to protect species of plants and animals endangered or threatened with extinction. NMFS and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) share responsibility for the administration of the Act. NMFS is responsible for most marine mammals including the blue whale. This Plan was written at the request of the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries to promote the conservation of b