States, or how these populations either have been or might 
be affected by environmental pollutants, coastal zone 
development, offshore oil and gas development, fisheries, 
and/or other human activities. Although the Bureau of Land 
Management is supporting a general cetacean survey in coastal 
waters between Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and the U.S./Canadian 
border, the survey is providing only limited information on 
harbor porpoise and other coastal species and does not 
include the area that could be affected by construction and 
operation of the proposed oil refinery at Eastport, Maine. 
Because of this, the Commission provided funds to initiate a 
program to determine the species, number and, as possible, 
the ages and sexes of cetaceans that occur in and adjacent 
to the Eastport area at different times of the year. Other 
objectives are to determine the distribution, number, daily 
and seasonal movements, productivity, and habitat requirements 
of harbor porpoise in the Northeast and, as possible, how 
harbor porpoises have been or are being affected by environmental 
contamination, incidental take by fishermen, or other human 
activities. The program was begun in April 1980, and its 
results have documented, among other things, that significant 
numbers of right whales and other endangered cetaceans occur 
in areas that could be affected by the proposed oil refinery 
at Eastport, Maine. Provided funds are available, the 
National Marine Fisheries Service will continue the program 
until such time as the desired information has been acquired. 
Additional Commission-Sponsored 
Research and Study Projects 
Survey of Federally-Funded Marine Mammal Research 
(G. H. Waring, Southern Illinois University) 
The Commission conducts an annual survey to identify 
marine mammal research conducted or supported by Federal 
agencies. At the end of 1980, the contractor was organizing 
and summarizing information provided by the agencies on 
their FY 80 and FY 81 research programs. The completed 
report will be sent to the agencies for verification of the 
data contained therein. Following verification, the Commission, 
in consultation with its Committee of Scientific Advisors, 
will review the information and, as appropriate, recommend 
actions to better develop, orient, and coordinate agency 
research programs. A copy of the final report will be 
provided to all agencies. 
