Park Service, the National Science Foundation, the National 
Sea Grant Program, the Naval Ocean Systems Center, the North 
Pacific Fishery Management Council, the Office of Naval 
Research, the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Air Force, 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Geological 
Survey. 
Although the data from the 1980 survey are still being 
compiled and analyzed, they show that the Bureau of Land 
Management, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have the largest and most 
diverse marine mammal programs. As a result of past Commission 
efforts, duplication of effort no longer is a problem, but 
data show that certain programs could benefit by being 
better integrated or coordinated to meet information needs 
more effectively and economically. As examples, the New 
York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles Offices of the Bureau of 
Land Management are supporting regional marine mammal surveys 
that could and should be better coordinated with related 
marine mammal studies being conducted or supported by the 
Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest Fisheries Centers of 
the National Marine Fisheries Service. 
When all of the information from the 1980 survey is 
compiled and verified, the Commission, in consultation with 
its Committee of Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals, will 
evaluate the information and, as appropriate, recommend 
steps that should be taken to better develop, orient, and 
coordinate agency programs. 
Research Program Reviews, Workshops, 
and Planning Meetings 
In 1980, the Commission, in consultation with its 
Committee of Scientific Advisors, reviewed, commented upon, 
and/or made recommendations concerning: the overall scope 
of Federally-funded marine mammal research; the National 
Marine Fisheries Service's tuna-porpoise, Hawaiian monk 
seal, and North Pacific fur seal research programs; the 
bowhead whale research programs being conducted and/or 
supported by the National Marine Fisheries Service and the 
Bureau of Land Management; the Bureau of Land Management 
Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program; and 
the Fish and Wildlife Service's manatee and sea otter research 
programs. The Commission also convened or participated in 
meetings and workshops to: better define the nature and 
scope of research programs needed to determine what more can 
be done to conserve and protect Hawaiian monk seals, the 
West Indian manatee, and the Southern sea otter; identify 
research programs needed to assess and mitigate human- 
