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A study, conducted during the 2003 aerial survey of Cook Inlet belugas (Delphinapterus leucas), developed a method to estimate the portion of calves in the population. Beluga calves were identified by their small relative size and dark gray coloring.

NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-54

Published Date: 2002

This Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (EA/RIR/IRFA) provides an analysis of a proposed regulatory amendment.

On September 5, 2002, the, Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), completed the twenty-second annual longline survey of Alaska sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) resources of the upper continental slope (Figure 1). The present NMFS survey was designed to continue the time series (1979-94) of the discontinued Japan-U.S. cooperative longline survey of the Gulf of Alaska. NMFS has surveyed the Gulf of Alaska annually since 1987, the eastern Aleutian Islands biennially since 1996, and the eastern Bering Sea biennially since 1997. The Gulf of Alaska and eastern Aleutian Islands were sampled in 2002.

The EA/RIR/IRFA was prepared to review the potential impacts of establishing a ban on all trawl fishing for groundfish in the Chiniak Gully region off the east side of Kodiak Island in conjunction with Steller sea lion protection measures.

Johnson's Seagrass may have the most limited distribution of any seagrass on earth, known to only occur in lagoons along 200 km of the southeast coast of Florida. It is the first marine plant species to be listed under the ESA. Recovery objectives, based

Published Date: 2002

NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-23 Workshop Date: April 9-12, 2001