[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50964-50965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25912]
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MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meeting
TIME AND DATE: The Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals will meet in executive session on
Tuesday, November 18, 1997 from 8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. The public
sessions of the Commission and the Committee meeting will be held on
Tuesday, November 18, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., on Wednesday,
November 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and on Thursday, November 20,
from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
PLACE: The Fairbanks Princess Hotel, 4477 Pikes Landing Road,
Fairbanks, Alaska, 99709.
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 as time permits and
it is
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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. The
focus of the meeting, however, will be on Arctic issues and on those
marine mammal species that occur in Alaska. While subject to change,
major issues that the Commission plans to consider at the meeting
include: marine mammal co-management agreements; domestic and
international polar bear and walrus programs; research and management
issues related to bowhead whales, Steller sea lions, harbor seals,
North Pacific fur seals, and sea otters; the Arctic Environmental
Protection Strategy; the Arctic Council; marine mammal programs of the
Russian Federation; the Bering Sea ecosystem; Hawaiian monk seals; and
West Indian manatees.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: John R. Twiss, Jr., Executive
Director, Marine Mammal Commission, 4340 East-West Highway, Room 905,
Bethesda, MD 20814, 301/504-0087.
Dated: September 24, 1997.
John R. Twiss, Jr.,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 97-25912 Filed 9-25-97; 12:46 pm]
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