[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 173 (Friday, September 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 57040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22848]


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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, 8 October 2002, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. The public 
sessions of the Commission and the Committee meeting will be held on 
Tuesday, 8 October 2002, from 9;30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., on Wednesday, 9 
October 2002, from 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., and on Thursday, 10 October 
2002, from 8;15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Place: Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, 500 Hotel Circle, 
San Diego CA 92108; phone, 619-291-7131; fax: 619-291-3584.

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. While 
subject to change, major issues that the Commission plans to consider 
at the meeting include activities involving the International Whaling 
Commission; issues related to the incidental take of dolphins in the 
eastern tropical Pacific tuna fishery; the status of the vaquita in the 
Gulf of California; the gray whale stocks in the eastern and western 
Pacific Ocean; sea otters in California, the Pacific Northwest and 
Alaska waters; killer whale stocks; issues related to the Hawaiian 
Islands; and fisheries and other human interactions with pinnipeds.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert H. Mattlin, Executive Director, 
Marine Mammal Commission, 4340 East-West Highway, Room 905, Bethesda, 
MD 20814, 301-504-0087.

    Dated: August 30, 2002.
Robert H. Mattlin,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 02-22848 Filed 9-4-02; 8:45 am]
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