Alaska marine mammal stock assessments, 2008

"On 30 April 1994, Public Law 103-238 was enacted allowing significant changes to provisions within the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Interactions between marine mammals and commercial fisheries are addressed under three new sections. This new regime replaced the interim exemption that has regulated fisheriesrelated incidental takes since 1988. Section 117, Stock Assessments, required the establishment of three regional scientific review groups to advise and report on the status of marine mammal stocks within Alaska waters, along the Pacific Coast (including Hawaii), and the Atlantic Coast (including the Gulf of Mexico). This report provides information on the marine mammal stocks of Alaska under the jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries Service"--Preface. [doi:10.7289/V5/TM-AFSC-193 (https://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-AFSC-193)] by R.P. Angliss and B.M. Allen ; with contributions from P.R. Wade, , M. Perez, P. Clapham, L. W. Fritz, D. J. Rugh, K. E. W. Shelden, R. C. Hobbs, R. G. Towell, S. A. Mizroch, A. Zerbini and the Publications Unit of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center. "April 2009." Available also in electronic format on the Internet. Includes bibliographical references.A 2009 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) AFSC (Alaska Fisheries Science Center) Library http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-AFSC-193 Public Domain 1864