Evaluation of Alternative 1 - Status Quo or No Action. NMFS would not enter into an agreement with an ANO under Alternative 1. Therefore, under the requirements of Public Law 106-31, there could be no harvest on the CI stock of beluga whales. This would set up a de facto moratorium on the stock during 2000. Human-caused mortalities would be eliminated, or significantly reduced, in 2000. The stock’s recovery would be affected only by natural mortality.
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