The Commission Chairman, with the concurrence of the 

 other Commissioners, appoints the nine members of the 

 Committee of Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals, a 

 committee of scientists statutorily mandated to be know- 

 ledgeable in marine ecology and marine mammal affairs. In 

 1986, its members were: Robert L. Brownell, Jr., Ph.D., U.S. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service; William W. Fox, Jr., Ph.D., 

 University of Miami; Joseph R. Geraci, D.V.M. , Ph.D., 

 University of Guelph; Daniel Goodman, Ph.D., Montana State 

 University; Murray L. Johnson, M.D. (Chairman) , University of 

 Washington; Jack W. Lentfer, Alaska Environmental Consulting, 

 Juneau, Alaska; George A. Llano, Ph.D., Naples, Florida; Jane 

 M. Packard, Ph.D., Texas A&M University; and Forrest G. Wood, 

 San Diego, California. 



In recognition of the importance of marine mammals in 

 the lives of so many Eskimos, Indians, and Aleuts, the 

 Commission asked Matthew lya of Nome, Alaska, if he would 

 accept an appointment as Special Advisor to the Marine Mammal 

 Commission on Native Affairs. In late October 1986, Mr. lya 

 accepted this position. 



Funding 



The Marine Mammal Commission came into existence during 

 the second half of Fiscal Year (FY) 1974 and was appropriated 

 $412,000 for that period. Subsequent appropriations were: 



1 The original FY 1986 appropriation of $900,000 was 

 reduced to $861,000 as a result of government-wide reductions 

 stemming from passage of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (PL99-177). 



