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were not considered reliable. 



Sources: F. H. Fay and C. E. Bowlby. 1994. The harvest of Pacific walrus, 1931-1989. Technical Report MMM 94-2. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 44 pp. 



Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens): Alaska Stock. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals 

 Management, Anchorage, Alaska. September 1998. 

 Data since 1990 from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 



The number of walruses tagged and reported 

 statewide between 1992 and 1997 were 1,192, 1,336, 

 1,120, 1,585, and 1,175, respectively. Incomplete 

 data indicate that at least 1 ,482 walruses were tagged 

 and reported in 1998. 



Implementation of a Co-Management Program 

 with the Eskimo Walrus Commission 



In 1994 the Marine Mammal Protection Act was 

 amended to authorize funding for cooperative agree- 



ments between the Fish and Wildlife Service or the 

 National Marine Fisheries Service and Alaska Native 

 organizations on co-managing marine mammal stocks 

 of mutual interest. Pursuant to this provision, the 

 Fish and Wildlife Service signed a co-management 

 agreement with the Eskimo Walrus Commission in 

 1997. The agreement set forth steps that would be 

 taken to expand the scope of cooperation between the 

 Service and the Native community on conserving the 

 Pacific walrus population, and hands to help imple- 

 ment the agreement were provided by the Service to 



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