NMFS Proposes Permit for Incidental Marine Mammal Taking in Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing a three-year permit to allow incidental, but not intentional, taking of six marine mammal species by groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, with no impact expected on five of the six species listed under the Endangered Species Act.