NOAA Fisheries has published our Draft Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports and they are open for public comment until November 5, 2012.

To view the draft reports and the accompanying Federal Register Notice, visit: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/sars/draft.htm

You may submit comments, identified by [NOAA–NMFS–2012–0119], by any of the following methods:

Electronic Submissions: 

Submit all electronic public comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov.

Mail: 

Send comments or requests for copies of reports to: 

Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources

National Marine Fisheries Service 

1315 East-West Highway 

Silver Spring, MD 20910–3226

Attn: Stock Assessments.

Instructions: 

All comments received are a part of the public record and will generally be posted to http://www.regulations.gov without change.

All Personal Identifying Information (for example, name, address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not

submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.

NMFS will accept anonymous comments (enter N/A in the required fields, if you wish to remain anonymous). 

Best regards,