Through a cooperative agreement with the national marine fisheries service, the ST

George traditional council will address issues of common concern by working collaboratively to develop education, outreach, and mentoring programs and materials related to marine mammals and associated research, subsistence harvest, or CO-management. Where applicable, proposed activities prioritize actions identified in an endangered species act recovery plan or the marine mammal protection act conservation plan, as identified within the federal funding opportunity notice. The ST. George traditional council will conduct the following activities while working toward objectives in the grant: northern FUR seal and steller sea lion harvest monitoring and tissue sampling; island sentinel monitoring; northern FUR seal habitat management and monitoring; planning, meetings, outreach, and environmental review; assistance with priority national marine fisheries service research projects; and national marine fisheries service equipment inventory and maintenance where applicable.