[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24263]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 080697D]


Request for Nomination of Individuals for the Federal Investment 
Task Force (Deadline Extension)

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

ACTION: Notice of request for nominations deadline extension.

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SUMMARY: The Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA) requires the Secretary of 
Commerce (Secretary) to establish a task force to study the role of the 
Federal Government in subsidizing fleet capacity and influencing 
capital investment in fisheries. NMFS is extending the deadline for 
nominations of qualified individuals to serve on the task force.

DATES: Nominations will now be accepted through October 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent to Atlantic States Marine 
Fisheries Commission, 1444 Eye Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 
20005, ATTN: Federal Investment Task Force. Nominations may be 
submitted by fax, (202) 289-6051

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Beal, Atlantic States Marine 
Fisheries Commission, (202) 289-6400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary is establishing a task force 
of interested parties to study the role of the Federal Government in 
(1) subsidizing the expansion and contraction of fishing capacity in 
fishing fleets the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act, and (2) otherwise influencing the aggregate capital investment in 
fisheries. The original request for nominations was published in the 
Federal Register at Vol. 62, No. 167/Thursday August 28, 1997, page 
45628. However, in order to allow sufficient time for all interested 
parties to submit nominations, the deadline for submission has been 
extended through October 1, 1997. The procedures and guidelines for 
submitting nominations can be found in the original Federal Register 
notice.
    Please note: The task force is now tentatively scheduled to meet 
five times between November 1997 and June 1997.
    Dated: September 8, 1997.
David L. Evans,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 97-24263 Filed 9-9-97; 3:19 pm]
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