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Steller Sea Lion Mitigation Committee
 Reference Materials
 December 30, 2007

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Steller sea lions at Brothers haulout Photo: JJ VollenweiderStellers near Amak Island, Eastern Bering Sea. Photo: Lowell FritzSteller sea lion bull. Photo: Amy MartinsStellers at Benjamin Island haulout. Photo: Greg Bledsoe
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Table of Contents
  • Logistical Information - Meetings, Implementation Schedule, Contact Information
  • SSLMC Proposals and BOF Package, May 2007
  • Regulations and Judicial Actions
  • Related Documents and Analyses
  • Protection Measure Maps
  • Websites
  • Other Research
  • Meeting Minutes, Presentations and Papers


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    Logistical Information

  • Implementation Schedule, November 2007
  • Agendas, Minutes and Handouts
  • Consultation Timeline
  • Meeting Notices
  • Council three meeting outlook
  • Committee Contact Information
  • Proposal Format (.doc)


    • Meeting Notices

  • 72 FR 72676, December 21, 2007. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Steller Sea Lion Mitigation Committee will meet in Seattle, WA at the Nexus Hotel (January 6) and the Alaska Fishery Science Center (January 7 and 8).
  • 72 FR 56060, October 2, 2007. Notice of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Steller Sea Lion Mitigation committee meeting October 16-18, 2007, Seattle, WA.
  • 72 FR 31057, June 5, 2007. Notice of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Steller Sea Lion Mitigation Committee meeting in Seattle, WA, on June 19–21, 2007.
  • 72 FR 18461, April 12, 2007. Notice of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Steller Sea Lion Mitigation Committee meeting May 7-10, Seattle, WA.
  • 72 FR 13750, March 23, 2007. Notice of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Steller Sea Lion Mitigation Committee meeting April 16–17, Juneau, AK.
  • 71 FR 76278, December 20, 2006. Notice of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Steller Sea Lion Mitigation Committee meeting, January 8-9, Anchorage, AK.
  • 71 FR 56968, September 28, 2006. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Sea Lion Mitigation Committee (SSLMC) will meet in Seattle, WA, October 30 - Nov 1, 2006.
  • 71 FR 56968, September 28, 2006. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Sea Lion Mitigation Committee (SSLMC) will meet in Anchorage, AK, October 16–18, 2006.
  • 71 FR 51188, August 29, 2006. Notice of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Steller Sea Lion Mitigation committee meeting September 12-14, Seattle, WA.
  • 71 FR 43475, August 1, 2006. Notice of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Steller Sea Lion Mitigation committee meeting August 28, Seattle, WA.
  • 71 FR 43475, August 1, 2006. Notice of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Steller Sea Lion public teleconference August 25, 2006.


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    Regulations and Judicial Actions

    Humane Society litigation against SSL research permits
  • Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973
  • Destruction or Adverse Modification Guidance
  • Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of 1972
  • Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, as amended through October 1996
  • January 2003 Final Rule to implement SSL protection measures
  • December 2004 Final Rule to revise SSL protection measures


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    Related Documents and Analyses

  • Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Revisions to the Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures
  • Steller Sea Lion Draft Recovery Plan
  • 2005 Alaska Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Report
  • Biological Assessment of the Alaska Groundfish Fisheries and NMFS Managed Endangered Species Act Listed Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles
  • 2006 Non-pup counts
  • Draft BiOp chapters
  • Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications Environmental Impact Statement, January 2007
  • Considerations Relevant to the Process of Reinitiating Formal Section 7 Consultation on the Groundfish Fisheries of the North Pacific for Species Listed under the Endangered Species Act, October 2005
  • Biological Opinion for Listed Species In the BSAI Groundfish FMP and the GOA Groundfish FMP
  • Review of the November 2000 Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement with respect to the Western Stock of the Steller seal lion
  • Biological Assessment for Reinitiation of Consultation for Amendments 61/61 and 70/70
  • Final Supplement to the Endangered Species Act, Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement of October 2001, June 2003
  • List of Fisheries 1996 - Present


    • Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Documents

  • 2007 North Pacific Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Reports for 2008
  • Historical North Pacific Groundfish Stock Assessments
  • 2007 and 2008 Harvest Specifications


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    Protection Measures Maps

  • MapViewer application
      • 1) Download the MapViewer .zip file (8.7 MB)
      2) Unzip (decompress) the file
      3) Install the application by clicking on setup.exe
      4) Open the "NOAA Fisheries MapViewer" from your programs menu

  • Current Maps
  • Historical Maps
  • All federal closures


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    Websites

  • Steller Sea Lion Mitigation Committee
  • NPFMC Protected Resources
  • NOAA Fisheries Alaska Region
  • NOAA Fisheries Steller Sea Lion website
  • National Marine Mammal Laboratory
  • North Pacific Fisheries Management Council
  • ADF&G Commercial Fisheries Division
  • Marine Mammal Research Consortium
  • Gulf Apex Predator-prety Project


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    Other Research

  • ADFG and NMFS Telemetry Research 2001
  • Is It Food II - Workshop Report
  • Accounting of SSL Mortality, Loughlin and York 2001
  • Seasonal and Spatial Differences in the Western Stock of SSLs, Sinclair and Zepplin
  • Temporary Captivity as a Research Tool: Comprehensive Study of Wild Pinnipeds Under Controlled Conditions, Mellish et al.
  • Habitat Requirements and Extinction Risks of Eastern North Pacific Right Whales - AFSC Report
  • Deep genetic subdivision within a continuously distributed and highly vagile marine mammal, the Steller’s sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
  • Economic Valuation news article


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    Meeting Materials


    2008

    2007

  • October 16-18

  • June 19-21

  • May 7-10

  • April 17-19

  • January 8-9


    • 2006 Minutes, Presentations and Papers


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