The Marine Mammal Commission, as indicated in previous 

 Annual Reports, has provided advice and assistance in 

 developing U.S. positions on issues under discussion at each 

 of the meetings, and the Commission's Scientific Program 

 Director has served as an advisor to the Head of the U.S. 

 Delegation at all but the informal discussion in Bern in 

 March 1979. In addition, the Commission: has provided 

 detailed comments and recommendations on a Draft Environmental 

 Impact Statement for a Possible Regime for Conservation of 

 Antarctic Marine Living Resources (see pages 66-69 of the 

 Commission's Annual Report on Calendar Year 1978); was 

 instrumental in arranging a review of marine ecosystem 

 research in the Antarctic (see pages 57-61 of the Commission's 

 Annual Report on Calendar Year 1979 and pages 76-77 of the 

 Commission's Annual Report on Calendar Year 1980); was the 

 initiator of the meetings of the Ad Hoc U.S. Scientific 

 Working Group on the Antarctic to provide advice on scientific 

 and technical matters concerning negotiation of the Living 

 Resources Convention; and testified on Antarctic issues 

 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Senate 

 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology, and the 

 House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. 



The first meetings of the Antarctic Living Resources 

 Commission and Scientific Committee — As noted above, the first 

 meetings of the Commission and Scientific Committee for the 

 Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources were held 

 in Hobart in late May and early June of 1982. To help 

 prepare for these meetings, a Fourth Meeting of the Ad Hoc 

 U.S. Scientific Working Group on the Antarctic was held in 

 Washington, D.C. on 16-17 March 1982. The meeting was 

 organized and convened by the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, in consultation with the Commission, the Department 

 of State, and the National Science Foundation. The meeting 

 report, prepared under contract to the Commission (see page 

 7 of the Annual Report on Calendar Year 1981) , was used to 

 help prepare positions on scientific and technical matters 

 included on the agendas for discussion at the first meetings 

 of the Living Resources Commission and Scientific Committee. 



The first meeting of the Living Resources Commission 

 resulted in the election of a chairman and vice chairman; 

 the approval of rules of procedure, financial regulations, 

 and staff regulations; the appointment of an Executive 

 Secretary; the conclusion of an interim headquarters agree- 

 ment; and the preparation of budgets for 1982 and 1983. 



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