Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§1388 Marine mammal cooperative agreements in Alaska

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 31— - MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF MARINE MAMMALS › § 1388

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can make cooperative agreements with Alaska Native organizations to protect marine mammals and to share management of subsistence use. Grants under these agreements may pay for things like population studies, harvest monitoring, joining federal, state, academic, or private research, and building co-management systems. These agreements do not change which governments control fish and wildlife or the legal or political status of Alaska Natives or their communities. The law authorizes $1,500,000 to the Secretary of Commerce and $1,000,000 to the Secretary of the Interior for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §1388

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(a)The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with Alaska Native organizations to conserve marine mammals and provide co-management of subsistence use by Alaska Natives.

(b)Agreements entered into under this section may include grants to Alaska Native organizations for, among other purposes—

(1)collecting and analyzing data on marine mammal populations;

(2)monitoring the harvest of marine mammals for subsistence use;

(3)participating in marine mammal research conducted by the Federal Government, States, academic institutions, and private organizations; and

(4)developing marine mammal co-management structures with Federal and State agencies.

(c)Nothing in this section is intended or shall be construed—

(1)as authorizing any expansion or change in the respective jurisdiction of Federal, State, or tribal governments over fish and wildlife resources; or

(2)as altering in any respect the existing political or legal status of Alaska Natives, or the governmental or jurisdictional status of Alaska Native communities or Alaska Native entities.

(d)There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of carrying out this section—

(1)$1,500,000 to the Secretary of Commerce for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999; and

(2)$1,000,000 to the Secretary of the Interior for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 1388

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73