Marine Mammal Commission Meeting Notice

Regs.gov: Marine Mammal Commission

Published April 15th, 2013

Detected March 15th, 2026

Summary

The Marine Mammal Commission announced a public meeting to be held in La Jolla, California, from May 7-9, 2013. The meeting will cover a range of marine ecosystem and marine mammal issues, with a focus on the Pacific Coast.

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The Marine Mammal Commission has issued a notice for a public meeting scheduled for May 7-9, 2013, in La Jolla, California. The meeting will address various marine mammal and ecosystem topics, including marine mammal-fishery interactions, sound disturbance, pinniped populations, vessel strikes, and the conservation status of several whale and sea otter species. International conservation issues and budget constraints for marine mammal surveys will also be discussed.

This notice serves as an informational announcement for interested parties. While the meeting is open to the public, participation is at the Chairman's discretion and time permitting. No specific compliance actions are required for regulated entities based on this notice, but it provides insight into the Commission's current priorities and areas of focus for marine mammal conservation and research.

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TIME AND DATE:

The Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals will meet on Tuesday, 7 May 2013,
from 10:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.; Wednesday, 8 May 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thursday, 9 May 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. The Commission and the Committee also will meet in executive

  session on Tuesday, 7 May 2013, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.

PLACE:

The Pacific Room, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037; (858) 546-7000.

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 limited to discussions of internal agency practices, 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
with a focus on issues related to the Pacific Coast. Although subject to change, issues that the Commission plans to consider
at the meeting include marine mammal-fishery interactions, disturbance of marine mammals from sound, growing pinniped populations
on the West Coast, vessel strikes of large whales, and the status and conservation of southern resident killer whales, North
Pacific right whales, North pacific humpback whales, beaked whales, southern sea otters, and gray whales. In addition, the
Commission plans to consider several international conservation issues including the International Whaling Commission, the
vaquita, Antarctic management and the Southern Ocean Research Program, the International Union for Conservation of Nature,
the Mekong River dolphin, southern right whale, Southeast Asia marine mammals, and the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and
effects of the tuna fishery on dolphin stocks. The Commission also will review issues related to conducting marine mammal
surveys and other scientific studies under declining budgets.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mark D. Richardson, Special Assistant to the Executive Director, Marine Mammal Commission, 4340 East-West Highway, Room 700,
Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 504-0087; email: mrichardson@mmc.gov.

Dated: April 15, 2013. Timothy J. Ragen, Executive Director. [FR Doc. 2013-09167 Filed 4-15-13; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6820-31-P