[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49715-49716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25024]


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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 10, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The public 
sessions of the Commission and the Committee meeting will be held on 
Tuesday, November 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., on Wednesday, 
November 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and on Thursday, November 12, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

PLACE: The Double Tree Hotel, 1230 Congress Street, Portland, Maine, 
04102. Phone number 800/989-3856. Fax number 201/761-1560.

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 and 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.


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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 
East Coast of the United States. While subject to change, major issues 
that the Commission plans to consider at the meeting include: the 
conservation of northern right whales, research and management issues 
related to the Gulf of Maine population of harbor porpoise, New England 
pinniped-fishery interactions, humpback whales, sources and effects of 
anthropogenic noise in the marine environment, whale watching 
activities in New England, bottlenose dolphins in coastal Atlantic 
waters, and research related to 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: September 14, 1998.
John R. Twiss, Jr.,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 98-25024 Filed 9-15-98; 10:40 am]
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