Comment from Trustees for Alaska

Summary: A coalition of environmental and wildlife advocacy organizations (including Alaska Wilderness League, Center for Biological Diversity, and others) opposes the proposed incidental take regulation for polar bears. They argue that the proposal violates the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) by failing to meaningfully quantify impacts, improperly segmenting activities, and underestimating the risk of lethal take to the Southern Beaufort Sea polar bear stock.