13. INTERNATIONAL DECADE OF CETACEAN RESEARCH (1976)

13. INTERNATIONAL DECADE OF CETACEAN RESEARCH

(from "Chairman's Report of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting")

The Chairman of the Scientific Committee pointed out that the Committee had produced 10 year research proposals at an estimated first year cost of $2.4 million (1974 prices). In response to a request from the Finance Administration Committee for advice on priorities should funds be available, the Scientific Committee selected programmes at an estimated cost of $175,000. Details appear in Appendix 3. Canada pointed out that the Commission had approved the establishment of a voluntary Research Fund.

The USA felt that the problem was to get the IDCR started and although the Research Fund would give a small start, large funding from bodies such as UNEP would still be required in this connection. The Commission instructed the Secretary to ask members of the Commission what action they are taking to urge the participation of interested Governments and to co-ordinate further activity.