Interagency Agreement between the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Fish and Wildlife

美国鱼类和野生动物局向极地项目办公室提供了支持，允许加州大学圣克鲁斯分校詹姆斯·埃斯蒂斯博士的项目使用MV Tiglax。该项目（OPP 99-85814）题为“引进狐狸和海鸟：自上而下的过程在控制海洋对陆地生态系统补贴中的作用”，于2001年8月7日至8月22日在阿留申群岛进行了为期15天的研究。这艘船非常适合这种类型的工作，OPP打算与美国鱼类和野生动物管理局达成一项机构间协议，以便将来使用MV Tiglax。

US Fish and Wildlife have provided support to the Office of Polar Programs by allowing the project of Dr. James Estes, University of California, Santa Cruz, to use the MV Tiglax. The project (OPP 99-85814) titled "Introduced Foxes And Seabirds: The Role Of Top-Down Processes In Controlling Marine Subsidies To Terrestrial Ecosystems" worked in the Aleutian Islands, for 15 days, beginning 7th August ending 22 August, 2001. The vessel was well matched for the type of work, and OPP intends to develop an interagency agreement with US Fish and Wildlife for future support using MV Tiglax.