Larry Hobbs,^* Charles W. Fowler<sup>**


*</sup>Larry Hobbs is past director of the Marine Mammal Tagging Office (U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Interior) and research biologist at the U.S. National Marine Mammal Laboratory (National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). He has been studying the behavior and characteristics of complex systems for the past 35 years and works toward the application of systemic management strategies that will lead to sustainable resource utilization. He is adjunct faculty at Antioch University in Seattle. His address: Inland Whale, 7112 NE Baker Hill Road, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA. info@inlandwhale.com
^**Charles Fowler is leader of the Systemic Management Studies Program at the National Marine Mammal Laboratory of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and serves as affiliate associate professor in the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington and at Seattle University. His work focuses on the development of: i) management that accounts for complexity (i.e., simultaneously finding sustainable human relationships with ecosystems and the biosphere) and ii) forms of science needed to supply the necessary guidance. He teaches various courses and supervises postdoctoral fellows, contractors, and interns who work on the sciences applicable to management related to topics such as sustainable genetic effects on resource populations. His address: National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA. Charles.Fowler@noaa.gov