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Management Service; the National Institutes of Health; the 

 National Marine Fisheries Service; the National Park Service; 

 the National Ocean Service; the National Science Foundation; 

 the Naval Ocean Systems Center; the North Pacific Fishery 

 Management Council; the Office of Naval Research; the National 

 Sea Grant Program; the Smithsonian Institution; the U.S. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service; and the U.S. Geological Survey. 

 The Minerals Management Service, the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have the 

 largest and most diverse marine mammal research programs. 



When all of the information from the 1983 survey is 

 compiled and verified, the Commission, in consultation with 

 its Committee of Scientific Advisors, will evaluate the 

 information and, as appropriate, recommend steps that 

 should be taken to better develop, focus, and coordinate 

 agency programs. 



Research Program Reviews, Workshops , 

 and Planning Meetings 



In 1983, the Commission, in consultation with its 

 Committee of Scientific Advisors, reviewed, commented on, 

 and/or made recommendations concerning: the National 

 Marine Fisheries Service's tuna/porpoise, bottlenose dolphin, 

 Hawaiian monk seal, and North Pacific fur seal research 

 programs; the bowhead whale research programs being conducted 

 and/or supported by the National Marine Fisheries Service 

 and the Minerals Management Service; and the manatee and sea 

 otter research programs being conducted by the Fish and 

 Wildlife Service. The Commission also convened or participated 

 in meetings and workshops to better define and assess 

 information and management needs relative to marine mammal/ 

 fishery interactions in Hawaii and in the Bering Sea, to identify 

 research and other issues meriting priority attention to 

 facilitate effective implementation of the Convention on the 

 Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, and to 

 review and evaluate ongoing research related to the conservation 

 of bottlenose dolphins, bowhead and right whales, North 

 Pacific fur seals, and California sea otters. 



Commission-Sponsored Research and Study Projects 



The Departments of Commerce and the Interior have 

 primary responsibility under the Marine Mammal Protection 

 Act for acquiring the biological and ecological data needed 

 to protect and conserve marine mammals and the ecosystems of 



