ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 

 CALENDAR YEAR 1986 



CONTENTS 



I . Introduction 1 



Background 1 



Personnel 1 



Funding 2 



II . Research and Studies Program 3 



Survey of Federally-Funded Marine Mammal 



Research 3 



Research Program Reviews, Workshops, and 



Planning Meetings 4 



Commission-Sponsored Research and Study 



Pro j ects 4 



Special Research Concerns for FY 1987 12 



III. Statutory Amendments Concerning Marine Mammals 15 



IV. International Aspects of Marine Mammal Protection 



and Conservation 17 



Conservation and Protection of Marine Mammals 



in the Southern Ocean 17 



The International Whaling Commission 32 



Interim Convention on Conservation of 



North Pacific Fur Seals 41 



Convention on International Trade in 



Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and 



Flora (CITES) 52 



V. Marine Mammal Management in Alaska 54 



Marine Mammal Working Groups 



and Species Reports 54 



Background Information on Transfer 



of Management 56 



Federal Marking and Tagging Regulations 58 



Litigation 58 



VI . Marine Mammal/Fisheries Interactions 60 



Background 60 



Interactions in California Coastal Waters 62 



Interactions in Areas off Alaska 65 



