Protection of Marine Mammals; Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

Zusammenfassung

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces its intent to prepare an EIS to assess the potential impacts on the human environment resulting from proposed regulations to protect wild spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) in the main Hawaiian Islands from "take," as defined in the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and its implementing regulations; and announces public scoping meetings.