[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 35475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17085]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 061997B]


Longline Advisory Panel; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Panel (AP) for the pelagic longline fishery for 
Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) will hold its first meeting on 
July 9-10, 1997, in Silver Spring, MD.

DATES: The meeting will begin on July 9, 1997 at 1:00 p.m. and will 
continue on July 10, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 8777 Georgia 
Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liz Lauck, telephone: (301) 713-2347, 
Fax (301) 713-1917.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The longline AP is established under the 
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. The longline AP will assist the Secretary 
of Commerce in preparing a study on the feasibility of implementing a 
comprehensive management system for the pelagic longline fishery for 
Atlantic HMS. Input for the study will include, among other things, the 
deliberations and recommendations of the longline AP and the findings 
of a series of workshops and surveys with affected fishery participants 
to identify future management options for the fishery. The longline AP 
meeting is open to the public and will be attended by members of the 
AP, including appointed members, representatives of the five fishery 
management councils that work with HMS, the Atlantic and Gulf states 
that work with HMS, the Atlantic and Gulf states marine fisheries 
commissions, and the Chair, or his representative, of the U.S. Advisory 
Committee to the International Commission for the Conservation of 
Atlantic Tunas. Potential agenda items include:
    (1) The role of the AP in the HMS management process.
    (2) Operating Practices and Procedures for the AP.
    (3) Initial scoping by the AP for a study on the feasibility of 
implementing a comprehensive management system for the pelagic longline 
fishery for Atlantic HMS.
    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
    Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Liz Lauck, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, 
MD 20910, phone (301) 713-2347 at least 5 days prior to the meeting 
date.

    Dated: June 24, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-17085 Filed 6-25-97 ;4:42 pm]
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