US Fish and Wildlife Service Grant for Co-Management of Subsistence use of Pacific Walrus

This cooperative agreement will provide for continued implementation of a long standing co-management relationship between the Service and the Commission for the conservation and co-management of subsistence use of Pacific walrus as authorized under Section 119 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement between the Service and the Eskimo Walrus Commission is to: 1. conserve Pacific walrus in Alaska: 2. encourage co-management of subsistence uses of Pacific Walrus by the involvement of subsistence users through the Commission, 3. Provide the Commission, with information on walrus population, status, and trends for the development of sound management practices integral to fulfilling their mission of representing the interests of subsistence users and Eskimo walrus hunters, and, 4. provide the Service with information for the monitoring of walrus population, status, and trends to fulfill its species oversight responsibilities. The objectives of this Agreement are to provide support and assistance to continue co-management activities with the Service for the conservation and co-management of subsistence use of Pacific walrus.