marine manunal affairs. At the end of 1982, its members 

 were: Dr. David G. Ainley, Point Reyes Bird Observatory; 

 Dr. Douyias G. Chapman (Chairman), University of Washington; 

 Dr. Douglas P. DeMaster, National Marine Fisheries Service, 

 Southwest Fisheries Center; Dr. Daryl P. Domning, Howard 

 University; Dr. L. Lee Eberhardt, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, 

 Battelle Memorial Institute; Dr. Bruce R. Mate, Oregon State 

 University; Dr. James G. Mead, National Museum of Natural 

 History, Smithsonian Institution; Dr. William Medway, University 

 of Pennsylvania; and Dr. William F. Perrin, National Marine 

 Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Center. During 1982, 

 five other scientists completed their terms of service on 

 the Committee. They are: Dr. Daniel B. Botkin, University 

 of California at Santa Barbara; Dr. Paul K. Dayton, Scripps 

 Institution of Oceanography; Dr. Joseph R, Geraci, University 

 of Guelph; Dr. Daniel K. Odell, University of Miami; and Dr. 

 Katherine Ralls, Smithsonian Institution. 



Funding 



The Marine Mammal Commission came into existence during 

 the second half of Fiscal Year (FY) 1974 and was appropriated 

 $412,000 for that period. Subsequent appropriations were: 

 $750,000 for FY 75; $900,000 for FY 76; $1,000,000 for FY 

 77; $900,000 for FY 78; $702,000 for FY 79; $940,000 for FY 

 80; $734,000 for FY 81; and $672,000 for FY 82. In FY 83, 

 the Commission was appropriated $822,000 by the Senate and 

 House Appropriations Committees, which directed that a major 

 portion of the program funds be used to support critically 

 important work on the Hawaiian monk seal and southern sea 

 otter. Further discussion of these species is included in 

 Chapter II, Research and Studies Program, and Chapter VI, 

 Species of Special Concern. 



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