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(b) (1) Nothing in this title shall prohibit any person deemed qualified by the 

 Secretary from obtaining written consent from the Secretary to capture on his 

 own account and in a humane manner any marine mammal for (A) public dis- 

 play or educational purposes, or (B) for legitimate scientific or medical research. 



(2) The Secretary shall by regulation specify the methods of capture, super- 

 vision, and transportation applicable in the case of marine mammals captured 

 under the authority of this subsection. 



(3) Any person authorized to take a marine mammal under this subsection 

 shall be required by the Secretary to furnish a report on his activities pursuant 

 to such authority. Such report sihall be made to the Secretary as soon as prac- 

 ticable after the close of any exi)edition made for the purpose of such taking, 

 whether or not any marine mammal was taken during such expedition. 



INTERNATIONAL PEOGBAM 



Sec. 108. The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of State and other 

 appropriate Federal oflicers and agencies, shall develop an international pro- 

 gram for the protection of marine mammals and shall take every possible step 

 to encourage the adoption of international arrangements which would be appro- 

 priate for effectuating such program. 



COOPERATION WITH STATES 



Sec 109. The Secretary is authorized and directed to develop cooperative ar- 

 rangements with the appropriate officials of the several States for the conserva- 

 tion and protection of marine mammals. Such arrangements shall prescribe the 

 circumstances under which marine mammals which pass through or reside within 

 the territorial waters of any State may be taken, and any marine mammal taken 

 within the scope of such cooperative arrangements shall be deemed to have been 

 lawfully taken within the meaning of this title. 



NORTH PACIFIC FTJE SEAL CONVENTION 



Sec 110. The Secretary shall undertake an immediate review of the current 

 activities involved in the taking of fur seals on the Pribilof Islands for the pur- 

 pose of determining whether such activities are consistent with the purposes and 

 policy of this Act. If, as a result of such review, the Secretary determines that 

 such activities should be significantly curtailed or terminated, then during the 

 time commencing with the date of such curtailment or termination and ending 

 on the date of the expiration of the International Convention for the Conserva- 

 tion of North Pacific Fur Seals, Japan and Canada, for each annual period oc- 

 curing within such time, shall each be given the opportunity to select one of 

 the following options in lieu of receiving the fur seal skins to which such country 

 would otherwise be entitled — 



(1) the average dollar value (based on the average dollar value received 

 for fur seal skins during the five-year period immediately preceding such 

 date of curtailment or termination) of the fur seal skins to which such 

 country would otherwise be entitled during the annual period concerned ; or 



(2) Nine thousand fur seal skins, to be shipped directly to such country 

 from the Pribilof Islands. 



In any case in which Japan or Canada elects to take the skins, imder clause 

 (B) of the preceding sentence, the killing of the seals shall be done in the man- 

 ner prescribed by the Secretary, taking into account the desirability of preserv- 

 ing and improving the genetic stock of the Pribilof herd of seals. This section 

 shall be interpreted so as to give maximum effect to such Convention. 



REGULATIONS 



Sec 111. The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary and 

 appropriate to carry out the purposes of this title. 



APPLICATION TO OTHER LAWS AND CONVENTIONS 



Sec 112. The provisions of this title shall be deemed to be in addition to the 

 provisions of any other law, treaty, or convention which may otherwise aK>ly 

 to the taking of marine mammals. 



