Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Seismic Hazards Investigations in Puget Sound

Samenvatting

NMFS has received a request from the U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) for an authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to collecting deep-crustal marine seismic data in the Puget Sound/Straits of Juan de Fuca region of Washington State. Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to authorize USGS to incidentally take, by harassment, small numbers of marine mammals in the above mentioned area during late February or March 1998.