National Marine Mammal Laboratory

1. Popular, Legal/Governmental, and Administrative History

1.A General

Description of National Marine Biological Laboratory (Wilke, 1967)
"Summary of fur seal history" letter from Harold Heath, 1917

1.B News clippings and radio

1.C Government agency releases, editorials and pamphlets

Fur industry radio program transcript (1937)
North Pacific Fisheries Convention (1952)
UW to continue salmon tagging work in the Pacific (1957)
Four nations sign Fur seal pact (February 9, 1957)
Selected Bibliography on the Northern Fur Seal (1958)
The seals, sea lions, and sea otters of the Pacific Coast (Kenyon, Scheffer, 1959)
The Northern Fur Seal (Scheffer, 1960)
The Northern Fur Seal (Wilke, 1960)
Seattle scientists participating in American-Russian fur seal research program(1961)
The Northern Fur Seal (Wilke, 1962)
List of marine mammals (Scheffer, 1962)
Books and articles about seals and sealing (1965)
Fur seal industry of the Pribilof Isls. 1786-1965 (USDI circular 275)
America’s rare sea mammals (Dec. 1968)
New fur seal colony discovered off the coast of California (1968)
Recent literature on the Northern Fur Seal (1969)
Status of the World’s Nations (August 1969)
The Northern Fur Seal (for Mammals of the World) (Wilke, 1969)
Dr. Harry Jr. appointed director of MMBL (1970)
Alaska fur seals return to Pribilof Isl. rookeries (1970)
The northern fur seal (Baker, Wilke, Baltzo, 1970)
A thriving herd (Guinan, July 1971)
Harvest of the Pribilof Fur Seal: A Fact Sheet (1971)
The story of the Pribilof fur seals: a fact sheet (1972)
Administration of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (1972-1973)
Bibliography of literature on Northern Fur Seals (Todd, 1975)
The story of the Pribilof fur seals (September, 1977)
Questions and answers regarding Pribilof fur seals (1978)
International Organizations concerned with fisheries of which the U.S. is a member
Fur seals of Alaska’s Pribilof Isls.

1.D Domestic issues (correspondence with special interests, FOIA requests, position statements etc.) (See also Killing methods and general correspondence)

1.E International agreements, domestic and state laws (other than fur seal convention) (For laws regarding Pribilof natives See: Environment-Pribilof people and Utilization-Native rights)

1.E.00 State law

Laws of US, Canada, OR, WA, BC, AK affecting Marine Mammals (1967)

1.E.01 General International and domestic laws

1.E.01.A Pre 1950

An experiment in fur seal conservation (Evermann, 1911)

Executive Order 1909

1912 Cong. Rec. 1895

Hearings on H.R. 73 (1911)

Hearings on S. 5856 (1913)

Revenue-Cutter Service (1913)

Fur Seal Industry (U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, 1923,’25, ’26, ’30)

Cooperative fish culture (1926)

1929 Executive Order

Laws and regulation for the protection of fur seals and sea otters (1929)

Appendix 1: Laws and regulation for the protection of fur seals and sea otters (S. 7242)

1942 Fur Seal Agreement and Amendments

1949 Senate Hearings State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee Policy with respect to fishing and aquatic industries in Japan

1.E.01.B 1950’s

1.E.01.C 1960’s

Canada Whaling Convention Act 1966

Laws of US, Canada, OR, WA, BC, AK affecting Marine Mammals (1967)

1.E.01.D 1970’s

1.E.01.E 1980’s

1.E.01.F Endangered species listing

1.E.01.G S.J. Res. 112 – P.L. 78-302 (1944)

1.E.01.H S.1988 – P.L. 88-308 (Continental Shelf, 1964)

1.E.01.I S.2102 – P.L. 89-702 (Fur Seal Act of 1966)

1.E.01.J S.1315 and H.R. 6554 (1971)

1.E.01.K H.R.10420 – P.L. 92-522 (Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972)

1.E.01.L H.R.13081 (1972)

1.E.01.M J.2579 (1972)

1.E.01.N S.2871 (1972)

1.E.01.O H.R.15445 – P.L. 94-532(Whale Conservation and Protection Act of ‘76)

1.E.01.P H.J. Res. 281 (1979)

1.E.01.Q S.2619 (1980)

1.E.01.R H.R.2840 – P.L. 98-129(Fur Seal Act Amendments of 1983)

1.E.01.S Marine Mammal Commission

1.E.01.T Depletion Regulations

1.F North Pacific Fur Seal Convention

1.F.00 Convention of 1911 and the 1941 abrogation by Japanese

1911 Presidential Message

1911 Treaty and Convention

1.F.01 Interim agreements with Canada

78^th Congress P.L. 237 H.R. 2924

1942 Agreement

P.L. 81-847

Canadian House of Commons Report 4/26/48

1948 Agreement

1952 Canada, US, Japan Agreement

1.F.02 Interim Convention on Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals, 1957 – 1963

Convention and Protocol 1957 - 1964

1963 Protocol Amending Interim Convention

Presidential Messages 1957 and 1963

Draft Protocols

Signing Photos

1957 Interim Convention

S. 3507 85^th Congress 2^nd Session 1958

NPFSC Management Plan and Directory 1958

Highlight 1955 – 1961

Canada Fisheries Act (R.S.C 1985 c119)

1.F.03 Interim Convention on Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals, 1964 – 1969

1969 Agreement between U.S., Canada, Japan, and US

1969 Interim Convention

1.F.04 (1973 – June 1975) Renegotiation of Convention and Fur Seal Act

1.F.05 Draft EIS (Jan. 1975) with public hearings

1.F.06 (July 1975 – December 1975) Renegotiation of Convention and Fur Seal Act

1.F.07 (1976) Renegotiation of Convention and Fur Seal Act Interim Convention 1976 International management of North Pacific fur seals (Harry, 1976)

1.F.08 (1977 –1978) Renegotiation of Convention and Fur Seal Act

1.F.09 (1979) Renegotiation of Convention and Fur Seal Act

1.F.10 Hearing transcripts re: 1979 DEIS

1.F.11(1979) Draft discussion paper on interim convention

1.F.12(1979) Draft and final EIS

1.F.13 (1980 –1981) Renegotiation of Convention and Fur Seal Act

1.F.14 1980 Interim Convention

1.F.15 (1982 –1983) Renegotiation of Convention and 1983 DEIS

1.F.16 (1984) Renegotiation of Convention and Fur Seal Act

1.F.17 (1985) Renegotiation and 1985 EIS (includes S. Hrg. 99-218)

1.F.18 H.R. 427 (1985)

1.F.19 NACOA (1985)

1.F.20 (1986-1987) Renegotiation of Convention

1.F.21 (1988) Renegotiation of Convention

1.G North Pacific Fur Seal Conferences

1.G.00 Conference of 1955-1957 (Washington)

Proceedings of the NPFSC 11/28/55 – 2/9/57

NPFSC 11/28/55 – 29/57 Documents 1-235

1.G.01 Conference of 1963 (Tokyo)

1.G.02 Conferences of March and December 1975

1.H North Pacific Fur Seal Commission

1.H.00 NPFSC Financial history

1.H.01 NPFSC General history

1.H.02 NPFSC Meetings (1958 – 1987)(includes correspondence, reports, background papers, document sets, and proceedings) 23rd - See Joint research for US/Canada Joint Pelagic Analysis 26^rd/1983 includes Canadian Anti-Dumping Laws

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