[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5308]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council Workshop; Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: As provided in Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, the Service announces a meeting designed to foster 
partnerships to enhance recreational fishing and boating in the United 
States. This meeting sponsored by the Sport Fishing and Boating 
Partnership Council (Partnership Council), is open to the public, and 
interested persons may make oral statements to the Council or may file 
written statements for consideration.

DATES: March 26, 1996, beginning at 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Adam's Mark Hotel, Bravo 
Dining Room, 100 East Second Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, telephone 
(918) 582-9000.
    Summary minutes of the conference will be maintained by the 
Coordinator for the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council at 
1033 North Fairfax Street, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22314, and will be 
available for public inspection during regular business hours within 30 
days following the meeting. Personal copies may be purchased for the 
cost of duplication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Alcorn, Council Coordinator, at 
703/519-9691.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Partnership Council will convene with 
the National Recreational Fisheries Coordination Council (Federal 
Council) to continue implementing the President's June 7, 1995, 
Executive Order for Recreational Fisheries (No. 12962). The Councils 
will discuss the status of the National Recreational Fisheries 
Conservation Plan and the process whereby the Partnership Council will 
monitor and evaluate implementation of that plan. The Councils will 
also discuss a joint policy being developed between the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service, that 
supports endangered species protection and recovery while allowing for 
recreational fisheries. The Councils will also discuss how to involve 
recreational fisheries stakeholders in partnerships with Federal and 
State resource management agencies. The Partnership Council will 
convene separately after a 3:00 p.m. break to discuss development of 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Strategic Plan for Recreational 
Fisheries. Staff will report on the Council's financial expenditures 
and the membership status of the Council's Technical Working Group.
Bruce Blanchard,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 96-5308 Filed 3-6-96; 8:45 am]
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