Marine Mammal Salvage Program Begins

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Summary

Designed to recover data and specimens of marine mammals on the Atlantic Coast that would otherwise be lost to science, the Marine Mammal Salvage Program in the National Museum of Natural History begins operations.

Subject

  • Marine Mammal Salvage Program
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1984, p. 87-88

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1972

Topic

  • Marine Biology
  • Animals
  • New Programs
  • Mammals
  • Marine biology

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