87 



1992 Census Data 

 Zaiophus califomianus 



.- (Live Animals n-700) 



1992 Census Data 

 Tur slops truncatus 



(Live Animals n-34e) 



1992 Census Data 

 Phoca vitulina 



(Live Animals n<263) 



2 4 e S 10 12 U ie <a 20 22 24 2126 30 32 34 38 38 40 42 



Age 



1993 Census Data 

 Orcinus orca 



(Live Animals n'28) 



16 16 20 22 24 2e Zt 3D 



Age 



I ClDlin Born ^3 WiJD Born 



Figure 3. — Age distributions of current captive populations of California sea lion, 

 harbor seal, bottlenose dolphin, and killer whale (1992 and 1993 census data). 



Tursiops truncatus Age Distribution 

 1992 Census Data vs Sarasota Tursiops 



Orcinus Orca Age Distribution 



1993 Census Data vs Christensen's Data 



(n-28) (n-108) 



6 10 IS 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 



Age Class (5 yr intervals) 



I 1992 Census Dala 



] Sirasola Tursiops 



O 3 4 6 e 10 13 14 16 ia 20 22 24 26 26 30 32 34 



Age 

 §■ 1993 Census Osla t^i Chrlslensen's Osis 



Figure 4. — Age distribution comparisons between the current captive population 

 and a wild population of bottlenose dolphins (from Duffield and Wells, 1990; cen- 

 sus data 1992) and killer whales (from Christensen, 1984; census data 1993). 



Prepared Statement of Dolphin Quest 



Dolphin Quest, located at the Hyatt Regency Waikoloa on the Big Island of Ha- 

 waii, is pleased to submit testimony on the reauthorization of the Marine Mammal 

 Protection Act (MMPA). We applaud the Committee for it's action on one of our Na- 

 tion's most important environmental protection laws. 



Dolphin Quest shares this Committee's view on the need to protect the marine 

 ecosystem, and is wholly committed to improving the future well being of our ma- 

 rine environment through education, conservation and research. Indeed, this Com- 

 mittee saw as fundamental to protecting marine mammals and the marine eco- 

 system the use of public display facilities to educate the public at large on the need 

 to preserve and protect our valuable marine resources. 



"The goals of public display facilities are concomitant with that of Congress in en- 

 acting the MMPA. Among those goals are: 



