[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 57974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21775]


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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 in executive session on 
Tuesday, 26 October 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. The public sessions 
of the Commission and the Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, 26 
October 2004, from 10 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., on Wednesday, 27 October 2004, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Thursday, 28 October 2004, from 1:30 
p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

place: Royal Kona Resort, 75-5852 Alii Drive, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 
96740; telephone: (808) 329-3111; fax: (808) 329-9532.

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, 
focusing primarily on Hawaii and the Pacific islands region. Although 
subject to change, major issues that the Commission plans to consider 
at the meeting include cetacean stock assessment and fisheries 
management throughout the Pacific islands region; humpback whales in 
Hawaii; marine mammal stranding response efforts in Hawaii; Hawaiian 
monk seals; management of national wildlife refuges in the Northwestern 
Hawaiian Islands; the NWHI Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve; and spinner 
dophin populations in Hawaiian waters. 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, (303) 504-0087.

    Dated: September 24, 2004.
David Cottingham,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 04-21775 Filed 9-24-04; 10:55 am]
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