[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 48436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23144]
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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, October 19, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The public
sessions of the Commission on the Committee meeting will be held on
Tuesday, October 19, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., on Wednesday,
October 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and on Thursday, October 21,
from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
PLACE: The Embassy Suites Hotel, 1441 Canyon Del Rey, Seaside,
California, 93955. Phone number 831/393-1115. Fax number 831/393-1113.
STATUS: The executive session will be closed to the public. At it,
matters relating to international negotiations in process, personnel,
and the budget of the Commission will be discussed. All other portions
of the meeting will be open to public observation. Public participation
will be allowed as time permits and as 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 will be on species that occur in waters along the
Pacific Coast of the United States. While subject to change, major
issues that the Commission plans to consider at the meeting include:
research and management issues related to California sea otters,
pinniped-fishery interactions, Steller sea lions, beluga whales, and
other species that inhabit Alaskan waters, gray whales, Hawaiian monk
seals, and research on the effects of the eastern tropical Pacific tuna
fishery on dolphins.
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: August 30, 1999.
John R. Twiss, Jr.,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-23144 Filed 9-1-99; 10:56 am]
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