Funding 
The Marine Mammal Commission, operational for less than 
six months in fiscal year (FY) 1974, was appropriated $412,000 
for that year, $750,000) for FY 75), $900,000 for FY. 76, 
S2,,000,,000, for FY. 77,,. ©900, 000, for FY. 78, 5702,000 for Fy 
79, and $940,000 for FY 80. In FY 81, the Commission was 
appropriated $734,000, $100,000 of which is to be spent on 
one or more of the following areas: California sea otters; 
Antarctic whales and seals; the concept of "optimum sustainable 
population"; the return of marine mammal management to the 
State of Alaska; and marine mammal-fisheries interactions. 
Summary 
During the year which this report treats, the Marine 
Mammal Commission invested a special FY 80 Congressional 
appropriation of $300,000 equally among activities to further 
the protection and conservation of the West Indian manatee, 
the Hawaiian monk seal, and East Coast cetaceans. The use 
to which these funds were put is set forth in detail in the 
Report which follows. 
The Commission's work with respect to endangered and 
threatened species, international negotiations affecting 
many species of marine mammals in all the world's oceans, 
incidental take of marine mammals, marine mammal/fisheries 
interactions, permits to take marine mammals for scientific 
research and public display, standards applicable to marine 
mammal capture and maintenance, and other issues are reported 
upon as well. 
It should also be noted that during 1980, the General 
Accounting Office conducted a review of Federal agency 
activities related to marine mammals, and the report is 
expected in the spring of 1981. 
