[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 210 (Tuesday, November 1, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-27159]
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[Federal Register: November 1, 1994]
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MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION
TIME AND DATE: The Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals will meet in executive session on
Wednesday, November 16, 1994 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. The public
sessions of the Commission and the Committee meeting will be held on
Wednesday, November 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., on Thursday,
November 17, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:15 p.m., and on Friday, November 18,
from 8:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
PLACE: The Coonamessett Inn, Jones Road and Gifford Street, Falmouth,
Massachusetts 02541.
STATUS: The executive session will be closed to the public. At it,
matters relating to personnel, the internal practices of the
Commission, and international negotiations in process will be
discussed. All other portions of the meeting will be open to public
observation. Public participation will be allowed if time permits and
it is determined to be desirable by the Chairman.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Commission and Committee will meet in
public session to discuss a broad range of marine mammal matters. Among
the major issues the Commission plans to consider at the meeting
include: Implementation of the 1994 amendments to the Marine Mammal
Protection Act; the status and incidental take of harbor porpoise;
right and humpback whales in the North Atlantic; reintroduction of
captive marine mammals to the wild; the status of marine mammals in
Alaska; the proposed Acoustic Thermography of Ocean Climate (ATOC)
experiment; and the gray whale, Hawaiian monk seal, and West Indian
manatee.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: John R. Twiss, Jr., Executive
Director, Marine Mammal Commission, 1825 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Room
512, Washington, D.C. 20009, 202/602-5504.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a second notice of the Commission's
1994 meeting and does not constitute any significant change in the
scheduling, location, or agenda of the meeting as originally published
in the September 12, 1994 (59 FR 46886) notice.
Dated: October 28, 1994.
John R. Twiss, Jr.,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 94-27159 Filed 10-28-94; 2:01 pm]
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