Comment from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)OpposeAdvocacy
Summary: The Alaska Wilderness League and 53 other organizations urge the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to stop the OCS mineral leasing process offshore Alaska. They argue that deep-sea mining poses irreversible harm to marine habitats and wildlife, and they call for a moratorium and meaningful consultation with Alaska's governments and Indigenous communities.
Comment from Alaska Wilderness League et al. (upload 4)
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- Comments from Alaska Wilderness League et al (PDF)
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- Rone et al 2017_Abundance distribution cetaceans (PDF)
- Schlacher_Seamount_benthos_in_a_cobalt-rich_crust_region_of (PDF)
- Schoen et al_Divergent Responses of Western Alaska Salmon (PDF)
- Sea Duck Joint Venture_Analysis of Key Sea Duck Habitat_comp (PDF)
- NOAA Fisheries_Essential Fish Mapper_EFH Areas Protected From Fishing (JPG)
- NOAA Fisheries_Essential Fish Mapper_EFH Areas Protected From Fishing (PDF)
- NOAA Fisheries_Essential Fish Mapper_Essential Fish Habitat (JPG)
- NOAA Fisheries_Essential Fish Mapper_Essential Fish Habitat (PDF)
- NOAA Fisheries_Essential Fish Mapper_Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (JPG)
- NOAA Fisheries_Essential Fish Mapper_Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (PDF)
- NOAA Fisheries_Reinitiation of Biological Opinion_compressed (PDF)
- NOAA Fisheries_Sperm Whale stock assessment (PDF)
- NOAA Fisheries_Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures (PDF)
- NOAA_Steller sea lion designated critical habitat (PDF)
- North Slope Borough_Documentation of Beluga Harvest (PDF)
- Norton Sound Rsch Dev Corp_Fisheries Rsch Dev (PDF)
- NPFMC_Alaska Seamount Habitat Protection Area (PDF)
- NPFMC_EFH areas protected (PDF)
