[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 189 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50861-50862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24728]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council

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 
partnership to enhance recreational fishing and boating in the United 
States. The meeting, sponsored by the Sport Fishing and Boating 
Partnership Council (Council), is open to the public and interested 
persons may participate in facilitated dialogue or may file written 
statements for consideration.

Dates: October 22, 1996, 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Addresses: The meeting will be held at Pointe Hilton Resort at Tapatio 
Cliffs Resort, located at 11111 N. Seventh Street, Phoenix, Arizona. 
For room reservations blocked by the American Sportsfishing 
Association, call 1-800-876-4683.
    Summary minutes of the conference will be maintained by the 
Coordinator for the 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 
703/836-1392.

Supplementary Information: The federally-chartered Sport Fishing and 
Boating Partnership Council will convene recreational fisheries 
stakeholders to address how the national community of fishery resource 
stewards will create a future where ``all waters of the United States 
will be capable of sustaining healthy fish populations, and all 
Americans will have access to and opportunity for a diverse array of 
quality recreational fishing experiences.'' The Recreational Fishery 
Resources Conservation Plan recently released by six federal Cabinet-
level Secretaries and the Environmental Protection Agency contains this 
italicized vision statement. it will take a concerted, complementary 
effort by all

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land and resource managers, all resource users, and the recreational 
fishing and boating industries to meet the challenge.
    Using a 3-legged stool analogy, the Conservation Plan only 
represents one leg, the federal leg, that supports the national vision 
for recreational fisheries. State and Tribal resource managers may 
represent the second leg. Anglers, conservation groups, and the 
recreational fishing and boating industry also have a role that could 
be represented as a third leg of this stool. All three legs are 
necessary to hold the stool upright (and achieve the vision). If you 
agree and wish to contribute your ideas on what the second and third 
legs ought to include, please attend. You may also wish to comment on 
the Conservation Plan. This is a dynamic plan, to be revised as 
necessary. Your input will be appreciated. For a copy of the 
Conservation Plan contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
Publications Unit at (703) 358-1711.

    Dated: September 16, 1996.
Edward H. Cynar II,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 96-24728 Filed 9-26-96; 8:45 am]
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