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and management of Alaska's marine mammals. These investigators are addi- 

 tionally supported by 48 man-months of temporary assistant time and 12 man- 

 months of enforcement effort. Effective regulations are considered and promul- 

 gated by the Alaska Board of Fish and Game, as necessary. Furthermore, the 

 Alaska Department of Fish and Game has the authority to institute emergency 

 regulations whenever they are necessary. 



With regard to management and enforcement measures, as applied to re- 

 sources harvested outside of the territorial waters of the State, including marine 

 mamals, various landing laws have been applied to all persons leaving from and 

 returning to the State. This has been necessary in order to maintain a viable 

 protection and management program aimed at those fish and wildlife si)ecies 

 occurring and being harvested outside of the State's territorial waters. 



The preceding comments evidence the State of Alaska's sound, flexible and 

 responsive management and protection program. This program is currently con- 

 tributing to the welfare of those marine mammal species of importance to Alaska 

 residents with the exception of the bowhead and California grey whales, and 

 the northern fur seal, which are all presently subject to federal jurisdiction. 



Appendix A 

 Introduced : May 4, 1971. 

 Referred: Resources. 



In the Senate by Hammond. 



Senate Joint Resolution No. 146 in the Legislatube of the Senate of Alaska, 



7th Legislature, First Session 



urging the defeat of S. 1315 AS PRESENTLY DRAFTED 



Be it resolved hy the Legislature of the State of Alaska 



Whereas the intent of S. 1315 which prohibits the killing or importation of 

 polar bears and certain marine pelagic mammals, including whales, seals, sea 

 otters, porpoises, walrus and sea lions, is admirable, the direct consequences for 

 Alaska would be disastrous, with little or no beneficial effect for the species 

 involved ; and 



Whereas, unlike other areas to which the bill is addressed, Alaska's popula- 

 tions of the species prohibited by S. 1315 are not endangered, clearly manage- 

 able, and provide an important cultural and economic need for many of its resi- 

 dents ; and 



Whereas the prohibition of state-controlled harvest of sea otter may neces- 

 sarily reduce future efforts to transplant the animals from their present habitat ; 

 and 



Whereas the state must, for adequate management purposes, be able to allow 

 limited harvesting, as well as biologically necessary predator control programs; 

 and 



Whereas complete elimination of the federally controlled for seal harvests 

 in the Pribilof Islands, not presently causing any decline in the over-all popula- 

 tion, could result in uncontrolled harvesting of that species by all nations on the 

 high seas, thereby assuring its extinction ; be it 



Resolved That the Seventh Alaska State Legislature respectfully urges that 

 S. 1315 in its present form be withdrawn or defeated as constituting a danger 

 and serious misdirection not only to Alaska and its inhabitants, but to the 

 very species which it seeks to protect ; and be it further 



Resolved That S. 1315 be amended by substituting for its harvest prohibitions, 

 a sound and generously funded research program which would explore, in a 

 comprehensive manner, the present i)opulations of marine mammals in all the 

 coastal states with a view toward implementing measures by which these species 

 could be best protected and managed in the future. 



Copies of this Resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Richard M. Nixon, 

 President of the United States : the Honorable Spiro T. Agnew, Vice President 

 and President of the Senate ; the Honorable Carl Albert, Speaker of the House 

 of Representatives ; the Honorable Rogers C. B. Morton. Secretary, Department 

 of the Interior; the Honorable Warren G. Magnuson, Chairman, Senate Com- 

 merce Committee; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Mike 

 Gravel, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Nick Begich, U.S. Representative, 

 members of the Alaska delegation in Congress. 



