Environmental Assessment for the Issuance of a Letter of Authorization for the Take of Marine Mammals Incidental to Fisheries and Ecosystem Research Conducted by the Interagency Ecological Program in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary

This Environmental Assessment analyzes the environmental effects of the National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources’ decision regarding issuance of a Letter of Authorization pursuant to section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for the take of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to fisheries and ecosystem research conducted by the Interagency Ecological Program in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary.