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Case 1:13-cv-03241-AT Document 1 Filed 09/30/13 Page 48 of 64107. The IUCN panel commended the sponsors of the Sea of Okhotskresearch program for funding “the research and monitoring needed to ensure longtermsustainability” of the Sea of Okhotsk beluga collection program approved bythe Russian Federation. The panel also stated it wished “to commend [the researchsponsors] for making the methods and results available for critical, independentscientific evaluation.” Georgia Aquarium was a principal sponsor of the research.108. The IUCN Independent Scientific Review Panel evaluated thesustainability of the collections that had occurred in the Sea of Okhotsk bycomputing the safe potential biological removal (“PBR”) level and comparing thatto the total number of removals. The IUCN Panel stated: “The PBR approach wasdeveloped to estimate levels of annual removals that are compatible with the goalsof the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act....” The panel stated the PBR approachit used “meets the ... definition of sustainable.”109. The IUCN panel concluded that the “PBR (sustainable annualremoval) … = 29 belugas.” This number was later increased to 30 based onadditional data analysis recommended and approved by the Panel.110. The IUCN panel “concluded that the sustainability of recent removalscould reasonably be determined by comparing the 2006-2010 mean removals with48