U.S. Marine Mammal Stock Assessments: Guidelines for Preparation, Background, and a Summary of the 1995 Assessments;Technical memo

摘要

The new section 117 (amended in 1994) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) requires the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to prepare, in consultation with regional Scientific Review Groups, draft assessment reports for each stock of marine mammal that occurs in waters under U.S. jurisdiction. The agencies are to make these reports available for public review and comment and prepare final stock assessment reports based upon public comments and continued consultation with the Scientific Review Groups. This report contains the guidelines that the agencies used to prepare the 1995 stock assessments, along with additional background that went into the preparation of the guidelines and the stock asssessments. Additionally, the results of the final 1995 stock assesssments are summarized.