NMFS declines request to delist ringed seal by state, NSB, ASRC

Alan Bailey

for Petroleum News

In a 90-day finding over a petition to delist the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the terms of the Endangered Species Act, the National Marine Fisheries Service has upheld its listing of the seals. The State of Alaska, the North Slope Borough, the Arctic Slope Regional Corp. and the Inupiat C....

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