[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 144 (Friday, July 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41359-41360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3703]


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MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

TIME AND DATE: The Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of 
Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals will meet on Tuesday, 28 August 
2007, from 10:15 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 29 August 2007, from 8 a.m. 
to 6 p.m.; and Thursday, 30 August 2007, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The 
Commission and the Committee will meet in executive session on Tuesday, 
28 August 2007, from 8 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

PLACE: Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 West 6th Street, Vancouver, WA 
98660; telephone: 360-828-4352; fax: 360-828-4309.

STATUS: The executive session will be closed to the public in 
accordance with the provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 
U.S.C. 552b) and applicable regulations. The session will be for 
internal discussions of process, personnel, and the budget of the 
Commission. All other portions of the meeting will be open to the 
public. 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 status and 
trends of West Coast ecosystems, the status of mammal stocks on the 
West Coast,

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impacts of growing pinniped populations, possible resumption of whaling 
activities by the Makah Tribe, research related to the tuna-dolphin 
issue in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, and conservation of 
certain marine mammal species, including northern and southern sea 
otters and southern resident killer whales.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Suzanne Montgomery, Special 
Assistant to the Executive Director, Marine Mammal Commission, 4340 
East-West Highway, Room 905, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301-504-0087; e-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: July 25, 2007.
Timothy J. Ragen,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 07-3703 Filed 7-25-07; 1:25 pm]
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