NMFS Requests Comments on USGS Marine Geophysical Survey Proposal in Bering Sea

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is seeking public comments on a proposal to issue an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for a marine geophysical survey in the central-western Bering Sea in August 2011. The authorization would allow for the incidental harassment of 12 marine mammal species during the survey.