What effect will the negative finding for the Southwest stock have on businesses and individuals in the counties impacted by the finding?
A15: Due to the negative finding of negligible impact under the MMPA in the Southwest Stock, the Service will review and comment on Corps permit applications for watercraft access facilities on a case-by-case basis to determine whether construction and/or use of a particular facility is reasonably certain to directly or indirectly result in the incidental, unintentional take of manatees in the Southwest Stock. When the Service concludes that a “may likely to adversely affect” on a permit application, and that incidental take of manatees is likely to result, the Service will not be able to authorize the incidental take of manatees through the ESA section 7 consultation process, and will recommend that the permit application be denied in order to prevent unauthorized take of manatees. It is, therefore, likely that some watercraft access related facilities in the Southwest Stock will not be permitted and constructed in the Southwest Stock. However, in cases where the Service concludes tha
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