List of Tables 



Table 1. Marine mammal species and populations listed as endangered or threatened under the 



Endangered Species Act and depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, as of 31 

 December 1995 10 



Table 2. Known manatee mortality in the southeastern United States (excluding Puerto Rico) 



reported through the manatee salvage and necropsy program, 1978-1995 11 



Table 3. Steller sea lion population estimates, 1960s to 1994 30 



Table 4. Estimated take of Steller sea lions, 1992-1994 34 



Table 5. Subsistence harvest levels for northern fur seals in the Pribilof Islands, 1985-1995 . . 40 



Table 6. Estimated catch of Pacific walruses in Alaska and total reported catch of walruses in 



Russia, 1980-1995 46 



Table 7. California sea otter population counts by the Fish and Wildlife Service and the California 

 Department of Fish and Game, 1982-1995 50 



Table 8. Quotas and number of bowhead whales taken by Alaska Eskimos, 1973-1995 69 



Table 9. Estimated incidental kill of dolphins in the tuna purse seine fishery in the eastern tropical 

 Pacific Ocean, 1972-1995 100 



Table 10. Estimated U.S. and foreign dolphin mortality, kills per set, sets on dolphins, and percent 

 observer coverage 1988-1995 102 



Table 1 1 . The number and percentage of marine species worldwide with documented marine debris 

 entanglement and ingestion records by species group 163 



Table 12. Summary of garbage discharge limitations under the International Convention for the 

 Prevention of Pollution from Ships (1973/1978) and the U.S. Act to Prevent Pollution 

 from Ships, as Amended 168 



List of Figures 



Figure 1 . The Hawaiian Archipelago 20 



Figure 2. Range and breeding islands of the northern fur seal 38 



Figure 3. Range of the Pacific walrus 44 



Figure 4. Process by which permit applications to take marine mammals are reviewed 192 



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