...direction of the review. The preferred system operation strategy alternative mirrors recommendations of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service in their biological opinions on salmon recovery plans. Lower Snake River Fish and Wildlife Compensation...

...1973, as amended, a request to initiate formal consultation on Proposed Sale No. 73 was sent to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The biological opinion from FWS was received on June 8, 1983 and 1s included in Section VG I. Consultation...

...Because of Congressional concern about the status of this resource, in 1979, Congress directed that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) undertake an emergency striped bass research study to: (1) assess the status of the coastal migratory...

...shelf break along the western boundary of the area . The proposed drilling program was submitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service for review and comment regarding potential impacts of the operation on living resources in the area....

...out the purposes of Section 7 of the Act. Appropriations totalling $4.675 million were shared by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (F&WS), and passed on to the state management agencies and research facilities. States provided an...

...Species Act of 1973, as amended, a formal Section 7 endangered species consultation of the MMS with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the US...exploratory phases of the proposed oil and gas lease sale in the Bering Sea. On January 22, 1982, a biological opinion was received from NMFS regarding...

...pursuant to the Mitchell Act? Answer. Subcommittee, by letter dated February 8, 1985, asked both the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) whether the two agencies have or could develop a mechanism for joint development of Mitchell Act production...

...resources. The Inland Caucus included representatives of the State Fish and Wildlife Agencies, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Recommended actions are listed, followed by actions to be undertaken in the near term in response to...

...meet all terms and conditions imposed by both state and federal fish and wildlife agencies. Both the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service submitted conditions to FERC. The conditions submitted by NMFS were the end result of a meticulous...

...environments. For OCS lease sales and certain activities, MMS conducts formal consultations with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under provisions of the Federal Endangered Species Act to ensure that leasing and subsequent activities...