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LD-2 disclosure · 2nd Quarter - Report

INSTITUTE OF CETACEAN RESEARCH

via BUTTERFIELD EVANS & ASSOCIATES LLC

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) · 2020Posted Sept 1, 2020Filing document ↗LDA record ↗

Coverage · No income or expenses were reported on this filing.

Client

Name: INSTITUTE OF CETACEAN RESEARCH
Description: Research institution
Location: Japan

Registrant

Firm: BUTTERFIELD EVANS & ASSOCIATES LLC
Description: Government affairs
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Lobbying activities

1 issue

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
Japanese transition from research to commercial whaling
LobbyistsROBERT IAN BUTTERFIELD
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Source

Source · Senate Office of Public Records — Lobbying Disclosure Act filings ↗.

Coverage gaps · LD-2 reports a single dollar figure per quarter on ONE basis — income (a fee) or expenses (self-filed spend), never both — so this page never combines them into one "spend" number.

INSTITUTE OF CETACEAN RESEARCH — Lobbying — Receipts Report