[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 56016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24672]


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MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Notice

TIME AND DATE: The Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of 
Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals will meet to discuss Commission 
administrative matters on Monday, 20 October, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m. The Commission will meet in executive session on Tuesday, 21 
October, 2003 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sessions of the Commission and 
the Committee's Annual Meeting related to marine mammal conservation 
will be held on Tuesday, 21 October, 2003, from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., on 
Wednesday, 22 October, 2003, from 8:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and on 
Thursday, 22 October, 2003, from 8:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.

PLACE: The Newport Harbor Hotel and Marina, 49 America's Cup Avenue, 
Newport, Rhode Island 02840; telephone (401) 847-9000; fax (401) 849-
6380.

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 to 
discuss a broad range of marine mammal matters. While subject to 
change, major issues that the Commission plans to consider at the 
meeting are the status of large whales along the U.S. North Atlantic 
coast, including ongoing and planned research, the Atlantic Large Whale 
Take Reduction Plan, and ship collisions with North Atlantic right 
whales; the status of bottlenose dolphins along the U.S. East Coast; 
issues related to interactions between marine mammals and fisheries; a 
review of take reduction teams; issues related to strandings of marine 
mammals; issues related to marine mammal permits; and other matters. A 
more detailed agenda can be found on the Commission's Web site, http://www.mmc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cottingham, Executive Director, 
Marine Mammal Commission, 4340 East-West Highway, Room 905, Bethesda, 
MD 20814, (301) 504-0087.

    Dated: September 25, 2003.
David Cottingham,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 03-24672 Filed 9-25-03; 10:09 am]
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