Cooperative
Agreements with Alaska Native Organizations
When the Marine Mammal Protection Act was amended in 1994, Section
119 of the Act was created to allow the federal government to enter
into cooperative agreements with Alaska Native organizations to conserve
marine mammals and provide co-management of subsiste
nce
use by Alaska Natives. These agreements may include grants to Alaska
Native organizations to:
- collect and analyze data on marine mammal populations;
- monitor the harvest of marine mammals for subsistence use;
- participate in marine mammal research conducted by the Federal Government,
States, academic institutions, and private organizations; and
- develop marine mammal co-management structures with Federal and State
agencies.
Last updated: May 9, 2011
