"Fur Seal Counts"

The National Marine Mammal Laboratory is responsible for collecting biological and management data on the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus). This responsibility is mandated under the Fur Seal Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, in absence of the Fur Seal Convention which expired in 1984.

In 1985, the United States, Canada, Japan, and the Soviet Union cooperatively carried out research on the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, on land and at sea. Scientists from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) in Seattle, Washington, have routinely conducted annual surveys and studies on U.S. islands under terms of the Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals. Although this Convention lapsed in October of 1984, studies have continued annually by former member nations. In particular, studies have been conducted on the Pribilof Islands and Bogoslof Island in Alaska and San Miguel Island off southern California where fur seals breed and haul out. This report summarizes the research carried out on these islands in 1984 and 1985.

The United States, Canada, Japan, and the Soviet Union cooperatively carry out research on the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, on land and at sea under the Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals. As part of the U.S. obligations under this agreement, scientists from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) in Seattle, Washington have conducted annual surveys and studies on U.S.-owned islands. In particular, they have studied the Pribilof Islands and Bogoslof Island in Alaska and San Miguel Island off southern California, all used by fur seals for breeding and hauling out. This report summarizes the research carried out on these islands in 1984. It served as the U.S. contribution to the 28th annual meeting of the Standing Scientific Committee of the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission in Tokyo, Japan in 1985.

The United States, Canada, Japan, an~ the Soviet Union cooperatively I carry out research on the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, on land and at sea under the Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals. As part of the U.S. obligations under this agreement, scientists from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle, Washington, have conducted annual surveys and studies on U.S.-owned islands, particularly the Pribi10fs in Alaska and San Miguel off southern California, used by fur seals for breeding and hauling out. This report summarizes the research carried out on these islands in 1983 and served as the U.S. contribution to the 27th annual meeting of the Standing Scientific Committee of the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission in Moscow in 1984.

The research summarized in this report was conducted or completed during 1982 and was carried out by U. S. scientists, primarily those of the National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, Washington. Such research and reports fulfill, in part, the United States obligations under the Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals. This particular report serves as the United States contribution to the 26th Annual Meeting of the Standing Scientific Committee of the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission (Washington, D.C. 1983).

The research summarized in this report was conducted or completed during 1981. It is work carried out by United States scientists, primarily those of the National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, Washington. Such research and reports fulfill, in part, the United States' obligations under the Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals. This particular report serves as the United States' contribution to the 25th Annual Meeting of the Standing Scientific Committee of the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission (Ottawa, Canada, April 1982) which produces its own report to the Commission.

Four countries, the United States, Canada, Japan, and the USSR, cooperate in an international program of conservation and research on the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus), a species commercially harvested by the United States on St. Paul of the Pribilof Islands and by the USSR on the Commander and Robben Islands. In return for abstention from pelagic sealing, Japan and Canada share in the harvests on land under terms of the Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals.

The National Marine Fisheries Service, in cooperation with Canada, Japan, and the USSR, is the federal agency responsible for carrying out obligations of the United States with respect to northern fur seals under terms of the Interim Convention on Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals. The National Marine Fisheries Service is also responsible for managing this species on the Pribilof Islands in Alaska.

The National Marine Fisheries Service is responsible for managing northern fur seals on the Pribilof Islands in Alaska and is the federal agency which cooperates with Canada, Japan, and the USSR in carrying out terms of the Interim Convention on Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals. In 1977, the National Marine Fisheries Service conducted studies on feeding habits, distribution and migration, growth, reproduction, population dynamics, causes of, death, and behavior and biology.

The National Marine Fisheries Service is responsible for the management of northern fur seals on the Pribilof Islands and is the federal agency which coordinates management and research activities with Canada, Japan, and the USSR under terms of the Interim Convention on Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals. National Marine Fisheries Service research on the Pribilof Islands, SanMiguel Island, and at sea yields the knowledge needed for management of the Pribilof Islands fur seal herd.