Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Interim Convention on Conservation of North Pacific Fur SealsDepartment of State, 1985 - 196 pages |
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... sea , ( 2 ) that the Party Governments will take measures to prohibit the disposal at sea of synthetic material such ... Bering Sea ecosystems of which they form a part . There are no irreversible or irretrievable commitments of ...
... sea , ( 2 ) that the Party Governments will take measures to prohibit the disposal at sea of synthetic material such ... Bering Sea ecosystems of which they form a part . There are no irreversible or irretrievable commitments of ...
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... sea . This mortality includes deaths caused by entanglement in fishing debris in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea . If entanglement is a major cause of mortality , the popula- tion is likely to experience a continuing decline ...
... sea . This mortality includes deaths caused by entanglement in fishing debris in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea . If entanglement is a major cause of mortality , the popula- tion is likely to experience a continuing decline ...
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... Bering Sea ecosystem ; ( 3 ) in consultation with the Aleuts , determine the impact of various mutually acceptable alternative sources of employment for Pribilof Island residents on those residents , the fur seal herd , and the Bering ...
... Bering Sea ecosystem ; ( 3 ) in consultation with the Aleuts , determine the impact of various mutually acceptable alternative sources of employment for Pribilof Island residents on those residents , the fur seal herd , and the Bering ...
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... Bering Sea . ( 4 ) taking into account Article XIII , paragraphs 4 and 5 , as well as Article V , paragraph 2 ( e ) , within two years after the entry into force of the 1984 Protocol Amending the Interim Convention on Conservation of ...
... Bering Sea . ( 4 ) taking into account Article XIII , paragraphs 4 and 5 , as well as Article V , paragraph 2 ( e ) , within two years after the entry into force of the 1984 Protocol Amending the Interim Convention on Conservation of ...
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... Bering Sea where northern fur seals are known to occur at various times of the year . The continental shelf ( denoted by the 1,000 meter contour line ) is widest in the eastern and northern Bering Sea . The Pribilof Islands are situated ...
... Bering Sea where northern fur seals are known to occur at various times of the year . The continental shelf ( denoted by the 1,000 meter contour line ) is widest in the eastern and northern Bering Sea . The Pribilof Islands are situated ...
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Alaska Aleutian Island Aleuts alternative amended annual Article Bering Sea Commander Islands commercial harvest Conservation of North Convention on Conservation DEIS fails draft EIS Draft Environmental Impact eastern Bering Sea economic Environmental Impact Statement estimated extending the Convention Federal females final EIS Fund for Animals Fur Seal Act Fur Seal Commission fur seal harvest fur seal herd fur seal population George Island increase Interim Convention island residents Japan jurisdiction Marine Fisheries Service marine mammals MMPA modifications mortality National Marine Fisheries natives NMFS North Pacific Fur North Pacific Ocean northern fur seal number of pups optimum sustainable population Pacific Fur Seals paragraph Party Governments Paul Island pelagic sealing percent population decline population levels Pribilof Islands proposed action Protocol renegotiation Robben Island San Miguel Island seal skins Secretary Section Standing Scientific Committee subsistence tion treaty United States Senate vessel Wildlife
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Page 4 - ... the primary objective of their management should be to maintain the health and stability of the marine ecosystem. Whenever consistent with this primary objective, it should be the goal to obtain an optimum sustainable population keeping in mind the optimum carrying capacity of the habitat.