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NORTHERN
PUGET SOUND SANCTUARY |
| Congress directed NOAA to
review the proposed creation of a National Marine Sanctuary for the
Northern Puget Sound area by March 1991. These uniquely sheltered
marine waters provide refuge for numerous birds and mammals including
the highest concentration of bald eagles in the lower 48 States, and
the most intensively studied population of killer whales in the world. |
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| Protection and Smith
Islands are major seabird refuges. Protection Island has
the largest breeding population of rhinoceros auklets in the
State and these also serve as a major haul out and pupping area for
harbor seals. |
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| The area is subject to
rapidly escalating population pressures from Seattle, Vancouver,
Bellingham, Victoria and other urban areas. |
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| The multiple agencies
currently responsible for protecting these waters are uncoordinated and
inadequate for this purpose. The existing tanker traffic,
projected increases in such traffic and a renewed proposal for
underwater oil pipelines threaten these resources and the sustained
viability of this ecologic unit. |
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| The Federation of
Western
Outdoor Clubs urges NOAA, the Governor and Congress to include in the
proposed sanctuary area all waters extending from Cape Flattery to
Point Roberts to Admiralty Inlet, excluding only urbanized
harbors. Further, that regulations be written for this sanctuary
which, if not already adopted by another agency, will require more
stringent tanker safety measures: double hulls, pilotage and tug
escort, and electronic navigational capability. FWOC further
urges that the Federal jurisdiction be applied to encourage
coordination with Canada in addressing environmental issues affecting
these waters. |
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| c: Governor Gardner,
Senators Slade Gorton and Brock Adams. |
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