S. 1636 · 103rd Congress · enacted
Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1994
Became Public Law No: 103-238.
Latest official action 1994-04-30 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1993 - Amends Federal law to extend authorized appropriations for FY 1994 through 1998 for the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Interior, and the Marine Mammal Commission to carry out the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow commercial fishing operations the incidental lethal taking of marine mammals from a species or stock designated as depleted because of its listing as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, if such taking is pursuant to a statement issued by the Secretary of the Commerce. Requires conservation plans to only address non-incidental takings, if an incidental taking plan is necessary to reduce such taking from a critical stock. Requires the Secretary, in implementing the incidental taking program, to seek the advice of experts in marine mammal biology and ecology, population dynamics and modeling, and commercial fishing technology and practices. Requires the publication of updated stock assessments annually for stocks considered critical and every three years for all other marine mammal stocks. Requires the stock to be designated into five categories ranked in priority based in population trend, size, and level of total lethal take. Requires the Secretary to develop and implement an incidental taking plan desig…
Congressional Research Service · 1993-11-08
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