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Case 1:13-cv-03241-AT Document 1 Filed 09/30/13 Page 39 of 6475. The combined population estimate of the beluga whales summering inthe various bays in the Sakhalin-Amur and Shantar regions is 9,240 with aminimum population estimate of 8,632. If one uses the PBR calculation methodsemployed by the IUCN, the resulting PBR is 86. If, however, one used the PBRcalculation methodology employed by NMFS under the MMPA for managing theChukchi Sea and the Bering Sea beluga whale populations in the U.S., the PBRwould increase even more.76. The IUCN expert panel that calculated the PBR for the Sakhalin-Amur summer beluga population also addressed the question of whether the belugawhale collection program permitted by the Russian Federation is the only source ofremovals of beluga whales in the Sea of Okhotsk. As to the existence of anyadditional anthropogenic take, the IUCN panel found there was no evidence tosuggest any such take was anything more than minimal and, when combined withthe five-year average annual permitted collection, certainly not high enough toexceed PBR.G. The Permit Decision77. Defendants denied the Georgia Aquarium permit application onAugust 5, 2013.39