[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 55424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18950]


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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 on Wednesday, 12 
October 2005, and Thursday, 13 October 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
The Commission and Committee will meet on Friday, 14 October 2005, from 
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The meetings are open to the public. The executive 
session of the Commission and the Committee meeting will be held on 
Friday, 14 October 2005, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Place:  Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 West Third Avenue, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99501; telephone: 907-272-7411; fax: 907-265-7140.

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 ecosystem and marine 
mammal matters. While subject to change, major issues that the 
Commission plans to consider at the meeting include the effects of 
climate change, coastal development, and contaminants and disease on 
marine mammal populations; Alaska Native subsistence and co-management; 
issues related to fishing and interactions with marine mammals; and 
conservation of certain marine mammal species, including Stellar sea 
lions, northern fur seals, harbor seals, ice seals, Pacific walruses, 
polar bears, sea otters, Cook Inlet beluga whales, North Pacific right 
whales, and bowhead whales.

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

    Dated: September 19, 2005.
David Cottingham,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 05-18950 Filed 9-19-05; 12:15 pm]
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