National Marine Fisheries Service : improvements are needed in the federal process used to protect marine mammals from commercial fishing : report to the Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives.
| Author/creator | United States |
| Other author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008] |
| Description | ii, 55 p. : digital, PDF file |
| Supplemental Content | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS111353 |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Improvements are needed in the federal process used to protect marine mammals from commercial fishing |
| Running title | Marine mammal protection |
| Abstract | GAO was asked to determine the extent to which NMFS (1) can accurately identify the marine mammal stocks--generally a population of animals of the same species located in a common area--that meet the MMPA's requirements for establishing such teams, (2) has established teams for those stocks that meet the requirements, (3) has met the MMPA's deadlines for the teams subject to them, and (4) evaluates the effectiveness of take reduction regulations. |
| General note | "December 2008." |
| General note | "GAO-09-78." |
| General note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: Internet from the GAO web site. Address as of 1/8/2009: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0971.pdf; current access available via PURL. |
| Technical details | Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 8, 2009). |
| Technical rpt number | GAO-09-78 |
| GPO item number | 0546-D (online) |
| Govt. docs number | GA 1.13:GAO-09-78 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |