these things, the Commission either transferred funds to the 
National Marine Fisheries Service with precise guidance on 
its expenditure and/or directly contracted for the following 
studies. 
Compilation and Evaluation of Available Data on Cetaceans 
in the Cape Cod-Massachusetts Bay Area 
(Charles A. Mayo, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies) 
During the past five years, the contractor has observed 
and photographed cetaceans in the vicinity of Cape Cod and 
Massachusetts Bay. These observations and photographs, from 
an inshore area not covered by the BLM-supported Cetacean 
and Turtle Assessment Program (CETAP), had not been fully 
evaluated or reported. Therefore, the Commission provided 
funds to assist in synthesizing, analyzing, and reporting 
the data which the contractor had collected. The results of 
the analyses were presented and discussed at the Humpback 
Whale Workshop described below and the report will be completed 
in early, 964). 
Workshop on Humpback Whales in the Western North Atlantic 
(National Marine Fisheries Service 
Participants in the Commission's September 1979 Workshop 
on East Coast Cetaceans and Pinnipeds noted that’ substantial 
amounts of data on the biology and ecology of humpback 
whales have been neither summarized nor thoroughly evaluated, 
and that this should be done to better determine the kinds 
of research and management actions needed to protect and 
conserve humpback whales and their habitat in the Northwestern 
Atlantic. It was determined that a workshop would be the 
most efficient method for compiling and evaluating these 
data, and the Commission provided the National Marine 
Fisheries Service the funds necessary to organize and 
convene it. The report of the workshop, which was held at 
the New England Aquarium on 17-21 November 1980, is due in 
early 1981; it will be used by the Service, in consultation 
with the Commission, to develop a research/management plan 
for humpback whales in the northwestern Atlantic. 
Initiation of a Program to Assess and Monitor the Status 
of Endangered Whales, Harbor Porpoise, and Other Cetaceans 
along the Northeast Coast of the United States 
(National Marine Fisheries Service) 
Little is known about the status and trends of cetacean 
populations in waters off the Northeast Coast of the United 
Sas 
