Pacific Walrus Stock Assessment Report
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On April 1, 2014, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a Federal Register notice announcing the availability of the final revised marine mammal stock assessment report for the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) stock in Alaska.

Publication date
Type of document
Report
Program
White polar bear bear on ice.
We provide leadership in the conservation and management of our nation's marine mammals under our jurisdiction – sea otters, Pacific walruses, polar bears, and West Indian manatees – as well as the marine ecosystems that support them.
Program
Falls Church,VA
A rocky shoreline of a river. The water is calm. Mist and green branches line the river.
The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...
Program
Falls Church,VA
Species
A large Pacific walrus bull watches the camera.

Walruses are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which prohibits the take (i.e., harass, hunt, capture, or kill) of all marine mammals. Please click the link provided after "For more information" to access the Service's Marine Mammals Management Pacific Walrus website.

FWS Focus
Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank
Subspecies
Ecosystem
Marine
Subject tags
Marine mammals
FWS and DOI Region(s)
Alaska