U.S. Pacific Marine Mammal Stock Assessments - 1996

This document contains the stock assessment reports for the U.S. Pacific marine mammal stocks under NMFS jurisdiction. Marine mammal species which are under the management jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are covered in separate reports. Information about fisheries in this area that do take or might take marine mammals is given in Appendix 1. Information about marine mammal abundance surveys is given in Appendix 2.