[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 1994)]
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[Federal Register: January 14, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 

Meetings: Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces a meeting of the Klamath 
River Basin Fisheries Task Force and the Klamath Fishery Management 
Council, established under the authority of the Klamath River Basin 
Fishery Resources Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 460ss et seq.). The 
meeting is open to the public. Handicap access and hearing-impaired 
assistance will be provided if requested. Persons needing special 
assistance must notify the Klamath River Fishery Resource Office (see 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:) in advance of the meetings.

DATES: The Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force (Task Force) will 
meet from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, February 1, and from 8 a.m. 
to 12 noon, Wednesday, February 2, 1994. The Task Force will then meet 
in joint session with the Klamath Fishery Management Council (Council) 
from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on February 2. The Task Force will adjourn at 
5 p.m., February 2, and the Council will continue to meet from 9 a.m. 
until 1:30 p.m. on February 3, 1994.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Mad River Saloon and 
Eatery's banquet room at 3535 Janes Road in Arcata, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Ronald A. Iverson, Project Leader, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
P.O. Box 1006, Yreka, California 96097-1006, telephone (916) 842-5763.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For background information on the Task Force 
and Council, please refer to the notice of their initial meetings that 
appeared in the Federal Register on July 8, 1987 (52 FR 25639).
    Primary discussion items that the Task Force will cover include the 
long-term needs for restoration of the Klamath River fishery resources; 
the proposed amendment to the long-range plan which incorporates the 
Klamath Basin above Iron Gate Dam into the Restoration Program planning 
area; and instream flow needs.
    The agenda specifies approximate times that the public is invited 
to comment on meeting discussion items.
    During the joint session of the Task Force and the Council, the two 
committees will discuss topics such as the 1993 inriver fall chinook 
salmon run size and harvest, and water needs for fish and farmers. 
Comments from the public will again be invited.
    At the Council's meeting on February 3, members will hear reports 
from the Council's Technical Advisory Team on issues involving 
incidental salmon harvest in the Pacific whiting fishery and data on 
the spring chinook salmon harvest. The Council will also draft a list 
of tasks to be addressed by the spring chinook salmon workgroup, 
comment on on-going issues, and set priorities for salmon harvest 
management recommendations to be made in 1994. The Council will take 
action by adopting a process for identifying high-priority data needs 
and adopting a meeting schedule and agenda items for 1994.

    Dated: January 5, 1994.
Marvin L. Plenert,
Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 94-977 Filed 1-13-94; 8:45 am]
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