whales for use as a base of comparison as human activities 

 increase in this area. 



Survey of Federally-Funded Marine Mammal Research 

 (George H. Waring, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University) 



As noted earlier, each year the Commission identifies and 

 publishes a report on the marine mammal research conducted or 

 supported by Federal agencies in the preceding fiscal year and 

 that which is expected to be conducted or supported by those 

 agencies in the current fiscal year. At the end of 1989, most 

 agencies had responded to the Commission's reguest for 

 information on their Fiscal Year 1989 and Fiscal Year 1990 marine 

 mammal research programs. Early in 1990, the contractor will 

 prepare a report summarizing the information provided by the 

 agencies. A copy of the report will be sent to the agencies to 

 verify the accuracy of reported data. After verification, the 

 Commission, in consultation with its Committee of Scientific 

 Advisors, will review this report and, as appropriate, recommend 

 actions to agencies to better develop, focus, and coordinate 

 their research programs. Copies of the final report will be 

 provided to agencies conducting or supporting marine mammal 

 research and will be available to other interested persons and 

 organizations through the National Technical Information Service. 



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