Marine Mammal Committee
Membership:
J. Dines, Chair
email: jdines@nhm.org
R. L. Brownell, Jr.
C. M. Callahan
S. W. Eaton
H. H. Edwards
J. Lapseritis
I. Martinez-Serrano
S. L. McDonald
T. J. McIntyre
D. K. Odell
M. Ostroff
T. J. O'Shea
C. W. Potter
S. Sheffield
R. J. Small
J. A. Thomas
Committee Charge:
History and Mission:
The marine mammals committee was formed in 1921 under the Chairship of E. W. Nelson. It is the longest-standing active committee of the American Society of Mammalogists. Its mission is to maintain and encourage interest in marine mammals in the ASM, to provide the society membership with information about marine mammalogy, including conservation and legislative issues, to spearhead resolutions and legislation involving marine mammals, and to serve as a liaison between ASM and the Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM). Members of the Marine Mammals Committee are frequently active in both ASM and SMM.

Responsibilities
Projects of the Marine Mammals Committee have included linkage of ASM and SMM home pages, encouragement of marine mammalogist participation at the ASM annual meetings, planning for a symposium on a marine mammal topic at annual meetings, and discussion of criteria that the committee should apply in proposing resolutions or requesting action by the ASM executive.
Committee Notes:
Links to Marine Mammals on the World Wide Web.

Related Files:
ASM Position Letter (English)  -  Position letter related to the status of the vaquita in Mexico.

ASM Position Letter (Spanish)  -  Position letter related to the status of the vaquita in Mexico.

Response from Mexico  -  Response from Mexico to the ASM position letter.

ASM Response (English)  -  ASM replies to the response letter from Mexico.

ASM Response (Spanish)  -  ASM replies to the response letter from Mexico.

2009 Annual Report  -  The 2009 Annual Report of the Marine Mammals Committee

2005 Annual Report  -  The 2005 Annual Report of the Marine Mammals Committee.

2006 Annual Report  -  The 2006 Annual Report of the Marine Mammals Committee.

Letter to List Polar Bear as Threatened  -  April 2007 letter expressing ASM's support to list the polar bear as a threatened species.

2007 Annual Report  -  The 2007 Annual Report of the Marine Mammals Committee.

2008 Annual Report  -  The 2008 Annual Report of the Marine Mammals Committee

2010 Annual Report  -  The 2010 Annual Report of the Marine Mammals Committee