Taking of Threatened or Endangered Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Issuance of Permit

Résumé

NMFS hereby issues a permit for a period of 3 years, to authorize the incidental, but not intentional, taking of four stocks of threatened or endangered marine mammals by the California/Oregon (CA/ OR) drift gillnet fishery. The four stocks are: fin whale, California/ Oregon/Washington stock; humpback whale, California/Oregon/Washington- Mexico stock; Steller sea lion, eastern stock; and sperm whale, California/Oregon/Washington stock. This authorization is based on a determination that this incidental take will have a negligible impact on the affected marine mammal stocks.