[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 103 (Thursday, May 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29105-29106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13956]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 052197A]


Formation of National Marine Fisheries Service Advisory Panels 
for National Academy of Sciences Study on Individual Fishing Quotas and 
Formation of National Marine Fisheries Service Advisory Panel for 
Ecosystem Principles

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has selected members for an 
East coast and a West coast advisory panel for an Individual Fishing 
Quota (IFQ) study to be conducted by the National

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Academy of Sciences' National Research Council (NRC). NMFS has also 
selected members for its Advisory Panel on Ecosystem Principles. All 
three panels were formed to comply with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act as amended by the Sustainable Fisheries 
Act of 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: IFQ Advisory Panels, contact Amy 
Gautam, NMFS, Office of Science and Technology. Telephone: (301)713-
2328. Ecosystem Principles Advisory Panel, contact Ned Cyr, NMFS, 
Office of Science and Technology. Telephone: (301)713-2363.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following individuals have been selected 
to the East coast Advisory Panel on IFQs: Richard B. Allen, RI; Ted 
Ames, ME; Lee Anderson, University of Delaware, DE; Harriet A. 
Didrikson, MA; Walter M. Gordon, Mid-Atlantic Foods, Inc., MD; Tom R. 
Hill, Atlantic and Pacific Marine Consultants, MA; D. Doug Hopkins, 
Environmental Defense Fund, NY; Pete Jensen, Maryland Department of 
Natural Resources, MD; Jim Kendall, New Bedford Seafood Coalition, MA; 
Miles Mackaness, FL; Howard Nickerson, Offshore Mariner's Association, 
MA; Kenneth J. Roberts, Louisiana State University, LA; David Wallace, 
MD; Roy O. Williams, Florida Marine Fisheries Commission, FL; R.F. 
Zales, II, FL. The following individuals have been selected to the West 
coast Advisory Panel on IFQs: Linda Behnken, North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council, AK; Francis Christy, Washington, DC; James Cook, 
West Pacific Fisheries Management Council, HI; David Fraser, AK; Rodney 
M. Fujita, Environmental Defense Fund, CA; Ralph G. Hoard, Icicle 
Seafoods, WA; Jan Jacobs, American Seafoods Company, WA; Linda Kozak, 
Kodiak Vessel Owners Association, AK; L. John Iani, UniSea Inc, WA; 
Mark S. Lundsten, WA; Scott C. Matulich, Washington State University, 
WA; Ben Muse, Alaska Fisheries Entry Commission, AK; C. Jim Ponts, CA; 
Paul K. Seaton, Alaska Marine Conservation Council, AK; Elizabeth A. 
Stewart, Aleutians East Borough, AK. The following individuals have 
been selected to the Advisory Panel on Ecosystem Principles: Pete 
Aparicio, Texas Shrimpers Association/Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 
Council; Chris Blackburn, Alaska Groundfish Data Bank; George Boehlert, 
NMFS-Pacific Fisheries Environment Group; Felicia Coleman, Gulf of 
Mexico Fishery Management Council/ Florida State University; Philip 
Conkling, The Island Institute; Robert Costanza, University of 
Maryland; Paul Dayton, University of California, San Diego--Scripps 
Institution of Oceanography; Dave Fluharty, North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council/ University of Washington; Robert Francis, 
University of Washington; Doyle Hanan, California Department of Fish 
and Game; Ken Hinman, National Coalition for Marine Conservation; Ed 
Houde, University of Maryland; James Kitchell, University of Wisconsin; 
Rich Langton, Maine Department of Marine Resources; Jane Lubchenco, 
Oregon State University; Marc Mangel, University of California at Santa 
Cruz; Russell Nelson, Florida Marine Fisheries Commission/ Gulf of 
Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils; Victoria 
O'Connell, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Michael Orbach, Duke 
University; Michael Sissenwine, NMFS--Northeast Fisheries Science 
Center.

    Dated: May 21, 1997.
Rolland A. Schmitten,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 97-13956 Filed 5-28-97; 8:45 am]
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