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The Alaska Region of NOAA Fisheries oversees sustainable fisheries that produce about half the fish caught in US waters, with responsibilities covering 842,000 square nautical miles off Alaska. The Alaska Region also works to ensure the viability of protected species—principally marine mammals—and to protect and enhance Alaska's marine habitat.
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Public Comment Periods
- Notice of proposed information collection on Scientific Research, Exempted Fishing, and Exempted Activity Submissions. Comment period through September 15, 2008.
- Notice of availability of the Alaska, Atlantic and Pacific regional marine mammal stock assessment reports. Comment period through October 14, 2008.
- Notice of proposed information collection on Aleutian Islands pollock fishery requirements and the Chinook salmon prohibited species catch limit. Comment period through September 2, 2008.
- Notice of receipt of an application from Shell Offshore, Inc. and its contractor WesternGeco for an Incidental Harassment Authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conducting marine geophysical programs, including deep seismic surveys, on oil and gas lease blocks located on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) waters in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Comment period through July 25, 2008.
- Notice of receipt of application for an Incidental Harassment Authorization from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take small numbers of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to the eradication of rat populations at Rat Island, AK. Comment period through July 18, 2008.
- Notice of receipt of application from PGS Onshore, Inc. for an Incidental Harassment Authorization to take marine mammals incidental to an exploratory three-dimensional (3D) marine seismic survey in the Beaufort Sea, Alaska. Comment period through July 17, 2008.
- Notice of availability of proposed Amendment 79 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. Comment period through July 28, 2008
- Notice of availability of Amendment 72 to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA. Comment period through July 28, 2008.
- Proposed rule to revise and update the NMFS procedures for complying with the NEPA in the context of fishery management actions developed pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Comment period through August 12, 2008.
