US Geological Survey Requests Authorization to Take Marine Mammals for Seismic Data Collection in Puget Sound

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is seeking public comments on a proposal to allow the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to incidentally take small numbers of marine mammals while collecting deep-crustal seismic data in the Puget Sound/Straits of Juan de Fuca region of Washington State in late February or March 1998.