Table of Contents 



List of Tables ^ 



List of Figures iv 



Executive Summary ^ 



I. Introduction 1 



Personnel 1 



Funding 1 



n. Species of Special Concern 3 



Northern Right Whale 3 



Bowhead Whale 24 



Gray Whale 27 



Cook Inlet Beluga Whale 33 



Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy Harbor Porpoise 35 



Bottlenose Dolphin 45 



Hawaiian Monk Seal 47 



Steller Sea Lion 56 



Northern Fur Seal 66 



Pacific Walrus 69 



Polar Bear 76 



Sea Otter 85 



Florida Manatee 91 



in. Marine Mammal-Fisheries Interactions 105 



Incidental-Take Regime for Commercial Fishing 105 



The Tuna-Dolphin Issue 113 



Pinniped-Fisheries Interactions 123 



rV. International Aspects of Marine Mammal Protection and Conservation .... 129 



The Compendium of Treaties and International Agreements 129 



International Whaling Commission 130 



Conservation Issues in the Southern Ocean 135 



Conservation Issues in the Arctic 148 



Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species 



of Wild Fauna and Flora 153 



