Chapter I 



INTRODUCTION 



This nineteenth Annual Report of the Marine 

 Mammal Commission covers the period 1 January 

 through 31 December 1991. It is being submitted to 

 Congress pursuant to section 204 of the Marine 

 Mammal Protection Act of 1972. 



Established under Title II of the Act, the Marine 

 Mammal Commission is an independent agency of the 

 Executive Branch. It is charged with developing, 

 reviewing, and making recommendations on the 

 actions and policies of all Federal agencies with 

 respect to marine mammal protection and conservation 

 and with carrying out a research program. 



Personnel 



The Commission consists of three part-time Com- 

 missioners appointed by the President. The Marine 

 Mammal Protection Act requires that the Commission- 

 ers be knowledgeable in marine ecology and resource 

 management. At the end of 1991, the Commissioners 

 were: John E. Reynolds, III, Ph.D., (Chairman), 

 Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida; Paul K. 

 Dayton, Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 

 La Jolla, California; and Jack W. Lentfer, Homer, 

 Alaska. During 1991, Robert Eisner, Ph.D., and 

 Francis H. Fay, Ph.D., both witii the University of 

 Alaska, Fairbanks, completed their terms of service 

 on the Commission. 



Assistant in charge of publications; and Darel E. 

 Jordan and Susan E. Holcombe, Staff Assistants. 



The Commission Chairman, with the concurrence 

 of the other Commissioners, appoints persons to the 

 nine-member Committee of Scientific Advisors on 

 Marine Mammals. Committee members are required 

 by statute to be scientists who are knowledgeable in 

 marine ecology and marine mammal affairs. At the 

 end of 1991, its members were: William F. Perrin, 

 Ph.D., (Chairman), National Marine Fisheries Ser- 

 vice, La Jolla, California; Douglas G. Chapman, 

 Ph.D., Seattle, Washington; Murray L. Johnson, 

 M.D., Burke Museum, University of Washington, 

 Seattle; Bumey J. LeBoeuf, Ph.D., University of 

 California, Santa Cruz; Lloyd F. Lowry, Alaska 

 Department of Fish and Game, Fairbaiiks; Marc 

 Mangel, Ph.D., University of California, Davis; 

 William Medway, D.V.M., Ph.D., University of 

 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Thomas J. O'Shea, 

 Ph.D., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gainesville, 

 Florida; and Tim D. Smith, Ph.D., National Marine 

 Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 

 During 1991, Jack W. Lentfer and John E. Reynolds, 

 ni, Ph.D., completed their terms of service on the 

 Conmiittee. In recognition of the importance of 

 marine mammals in the lives of many Eskimos, 

 Indians, and Aleuts, Matthew lya of Nome, Alaska, 

 serves as Special Advisor to the Marine Mammal 

 Commission on Native Affairs. 



The Commission's full-time staff members are: 

 John R. Twiss, Jr., Executive Director; Robert J. 

 Hofman, Ph.D., Scientific Program Director; David 

 W. Laist, Policy and Program Analyst; Michael L. 

 Gosliner, General Counsel; Steven L. Swartz, Ph.D., 

 Deputy Scientific Program Director; Richard L. 

 Wallace, Special Assistant to the Executive Director; 

 Anne K. Kiley, Administrative Officer; Alison G. 

 Kirk, Permit Officer; Eileen C. Shoemaker, Staff 



Funding 



Appropriations to the Marine Mammal Commis- 

 sion in the past five fiscal years have been: FY 1988, 

 $953,000; FY 1989, $953,000; FY 1990, $960,000; 

 FY 1991, $1,153,000; and FY 1992, $1,250,000. 



