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plate supporting in fiscal year 1978 could be supported by the agencies in 

 consultation with the Commission, as provided for in Section 110(e). The Com- 

 mission respectfully recommends, therefore, that your Committee consider the 

 hem lits to be realized in forcing line agencies to activly support research 

 programs as envisioned in Section 110(a) of the Marine Mammal Protection 

 Act. Furthermore, the Commission believes that it would be appropriate to 

 specify that a portion of each Department's appropriation for fiscal year 1978 

 be used to start formal granting programs under Section 110(a). 



Activities 



The following are the projections for fiscal year 1978 at $900,000, $1,000,000, 

 and S2.ooo.oni). Section I lists the research activities that would be carried 

 out were funding provided at the $900,000 level : Section II includes additional 

 research possible at the $1,000,000 level; and Section III outlines further re- 

 search that could be done were the Commission appropriate $2,000,000. 



I. $000,000 ($450,000 Research) — 



(a) Tuna-Porpoise Research (Chief Scientist, for cruise, Behavioral work, 

 Population work, etc.), $150,000. 



(b) Application of the Concept of Optimum Sustainable Populations: (1) 

 Workshops ($25,000), (2) Follow-up (Case studies, $50,000), $75,000. 



(c) Marine Mammal Fisheries Interactions (Assessment of Alaskan and 

 other regional problems), $50,000. 



(d) Conservation of Southern Ocean Resources (Studies to further support 

 MMC policy guidance), $25,000. 



(e) Outer Continental Shelf & Coastal Zone Research (Studies necessary 

 for development & support of MMC recommendations). $25,000. 



(f) Global Analysis of Recent Marine Mammal Takings (First annual up- 

 date and data computerization), $10,000. 



(g) Workshops to Evaluate Regional Problems including Critical Habitats 

 (Habitat, stranding, enforcement, public education, etc.), $30,000. 



(h) California Sea Otter Research (Ecosystem studies), $30,000. 



(i) Protection of Hawaiian Monk Seal Habitat, $10,000. 



(j) Alaskan Population Data (Evaluation of unanalyzed data), $30,000. 



Total, $450,000. 



II. $1,000,000 ($550,000 Research) — 



(a) Radio Telemetry Workshop (Increased utilization of existing tech- 

 niques). $10,000. 



(b) Sea Otter Salvage & Necropsy Program, California (Assistance to State 

 to develop coordinated program for data collection and utilization), $25,000. 



(c) Florida Tursiops Data Analysis and Tagging Initiation (Resolve un- 

 certainties about local populations under pressure), $25,000. 



(d) Tagging & Marking Methodology (Technique refinement & standardi- 

 zation). $25,000. 



(e) Analvsis of Harp Seal Data, $15,000. 

 Total. $100,000. 



III. $2,000,000 ($1,550,000 Research) — 



(a) California Sea Otters (Baseline, Salvage, Necropsy, and Tagging Re- 

 search) (FWS). $125,000. 



(b) Marine Mammal Fisheries Interactions California. Alaska, Florida, 

 Oregon. Washington (Case studies) (NMFS & FWS), $100,000. 



(c) Critical Habitat (Site Identification, Research, & Follow-up Research) 

 (NMFS), $50,000. 



(d) Arctic Marine Mammal Census Studies (e.g. walrus, ice seals, & se- 

 lected cetaceans) (NMFS + FWS), $150,000. 



(e) Ecosystem modeling (NMFS + FWS). $100,000. 



(f) Support of State & Regional Management Planning & Research (NMFS 

 + FWS), $175,000. 



(g) Biochemical Methods of Stock Identitv (Large cetaceans) (NMFS), 

 $50,000. 



(h) Migration and Biological Parameters of Killer Whiles (NMFS), 

 $25,000. 



(i) Captive Animal Husbandry and Development of Biochemical Baselines 

 (NMFS 4- FWS), $75,000. 



(j) Intensive Analysis of International Whaling Commission Data (NMFS), 

 $."0,000. 



(k) Bowhead Whale Population Studies (NMFS). $50,000. 



