3 March Interior, expressing concern relative to the 
status of research and management activities 
for polar bears; requesting that the Fish 
and Wildlife Service provide information on 
(1) the age, sex, number, and location of 
polar bears killed in Alaska since 1976, 
(2) the Service's best assessment of the 
impacts of such taking on the polar bear 
population, (3) the Service's evaluation of 
whether or not the affected polar bear 
population should be designated as "depleted" 
under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and 
regulations promulgated to control taking, 
and (4) the schedule for proposing and 
implementing such designation and regulations 
if the Service believes the "depleted" status 
is justified; and recommending that if 
information is not presently available to 
determine whether the polar bear population 
is "depleted", the Service establish 
procedures to monitor the harvest and obtain 
such information. 
7 March Commerce, expressing concern that everything 
necessary and possible is not being done to 
protect and encourage the recovery of the 
Hawaiian monk seal; requesting information 
on planning and management activities related 
to the monk seal; and recommending with 
respect to the Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery 
Team and Recovery Plan that the National 
Marine Fisheries Service: include a person 
knowledgeable in marine mammal husbandry and 
medicine on the Recovery Team; adopt, as 
appropriate, the recommendations set forth in 
the Commission's letter and associated attach- 
ments sent to the Fish and Wildlife Service 
concerning the content, format, and process for 
updating the West Indian Manatee Recovery Plan; 
and make copies of that letter and attachments 
available to the Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery 
Team for their use while developing the Monk 
Seal Recovery Plan. 
19 March Commerce, public display permit applications, 
Delphinarium Hassloch and Dolphinarium Harderwijk. 
24 March Commerce, scientific research permit applica- 
tion, Lucinda, M. Slater. 
