Coropletion of a Study of Priorities for Marine Research in 



Arctic and Sub-Arctic Seas 



(Polar Research Board, National Academy of Sciences) 



In 1985, the Commission provided funds to help support 

 an ad hoc committee established by the Polar Research Board 

 of the National Academy of Sciences. The committee's task 

 was to: review past and ongoing marine research programs in 

 the Arctic and sub-Arctic; identify major information gaps 

 and priority research needs; and describe research areas that 

 would require or could best be addressed by new technological 

 advances and/or a dedicated polar research vessel. Because 

 additional money was needed for the committee to complete its 

 report, the Commission provided that money in 1986. The 

 committee is expected to submit its report to the Polar 

 Research Board early in 1987. The report will be published 

 by mid-1987. 



Overview of Federal and State Efforts to Protect Manatees and 



Their Habitat in Florida 



(C. J. Gluckman, Esq., Tallahassee, Florida) 



As discussed in Chapter IX, the contractor is reviewing 

 and evaluating actions taken since 1979 by the Federal 

 Government, the State of Florida, involved public interest 

 groups, and others to protect manatees and essential manatee 

 habitats in Florida. The project is being funded partially 

 by the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Service, as well as 

 the Commission, reviewed and commented on a draft contract 

 report submitted in July 1986. The final contract report, 

 expected early in 1987, will include recommendations for 

 improving State and Federal land acquisition, habitat protec- 

 tion, education, enforcement, research, and other programs 

 required to assure the continued existence of viable manatee 

 populations in Florida. 



Workshop on Measures to Address Marine Mammal/Fisheries 

 Interactions in California 



(Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, California, and 

 S. Montgomery, Woodstock, Virginia) 



The contractors provided logistic support and prepared 

 the report for the Workshop on Measures to Address Marine 

 Mammal/Fisheries Interactions in California, held at the Fort 

 Mason Center, San Francisco, California, on 26-28 March 1986. 

 The purposes of the workshop, sponsored cooperatively by the 

 Marine Mammal Commission, the California Department of Fish 

 and Game, the California Sea Grant Program, the National 

 Marine Fisheries Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, were to: (a) describe measures that could be taken 

 to avoid or reduce the adverse effects of marine mammal/ 

 fisheries interactions on affected fisheries and marine 



