Chapter I 
INTRODUCTION 
This is the 20th Annual Report of the Marine 
Mammal Commission, covering the period 1 January 
through 31 December 1992. It is being submitted to 
Congress pursuant to section 204 of the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972. 
Established under Title II of the Act, the Marine 
Mammal Commission is an independent agency of the 
Executive Branch. It is charged with developing, 
reviewing, and making recommendations on the 
actions and policies of all Federal agencies with 
respect to marine mammal protection and conservation 
and with carrying out a research program. 
Personnel 
The Commission consists of three part-time Com- 
missioners appointed by the President. The Marine 
Mammal Protection Act requires that the Commission- 
ers be knowledgeable in marine ecology and resource 
management. At the end of 1992, the Commissioners 
were: John E. Reynolds, Il, Ph.D., (Chairman), 
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida; Paul K. 
Dayton, Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 
La Jolla, California; and Jack W. Lentfer, Homer, 
Alaska. 
The Commission’s full-time staff members are: 
John R. Twiss, Jr., Executive Director; Robert J. 
Hofman, Ph.D., Scientific Program Director; David 
W. Laist, Policy and Program Analyst; Michael L. 
Gosliner, General Counsel; Gregory K. Silber, Ph.D., 
Deputy Scientific Program Director; Richard L. 
Wallace, Special Assistant to the Executive Director; 
Anne K. Kiley, Administrative Officer; Alison G. 
Kirk, Permit Officer; Eileen C. Shoemaker, Staff 
Assistant in charge of publications; and Darel E. 
Jordan and Susan E. Holcombe, Staff Assistants. 
The Commission Chairman, with the concurrence 
of the other Commissioners, appoints persons to the 
nine-member Committee of Scientific Advisors on 
Marine Mammals. Committee members are required 
by statute to be scientists who are knowledgeable in 
marine ecology and marine mammal affairs. At the 
end of 1992, its members were: William F. Perrin, 
Ph.D., (Chairman), National Marine Fisheries Ser- 
vice, La Jolla, California; Douglas G. Chapman, 
Ph.D., Seattle, Washington; Murray L. Johnson, 
M.D., Burke Museum, University of Washington, 
Seattle; Burney J. Le Boeuf, Ph.D., University of 
California, Santa Cruz; Lloyd F. Lowry, Alaska 
Department of Fish and Game, Fairbanks; Marc 
Mangel, Ph.D., University of California, Davis; 
William Medway, D.V.M., Ph.D., University of 
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Thomas J. O’Shea, 
Ph.D., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort Collins, 
Colorado; and Tim D. Smith, Ph.D., National Marine 
Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 
In recognition of the importance of marine mam- 
mals in the lives of many Eskimos, Indians, and 
Aleuts, Matthew Iya of Nome, Alaska, serves as 
Special Advisor to the Marine Mammal Commission 
on Native Affairs. 
Funding 
Appropriations to the Marine Mammal Commis- 
sion in the past five fiscal years have been: FY 1989, 
$953,000; FY 1990, $960,000; FY 1991, $1,153,000; 
FY 1992, $1,250,000; and FY 1993, $1,260,000. 
