[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1544]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 010898A]


Notice of Workshop

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 will sponsor a workshop for 
the members of its Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Advisory Panels and 
of the National Research Council (NRC) Committee to Study IFQs. The 
workshop will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana and will be open for 
public observation.

DATES: The workshop will begin at 9:30 a.m. on January 24, 1998 and 
will end at 5 p.m. on January 25, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at Le Pavillon Hotel, 833 Poydras 
Street, New Orleans, Louisiana; telephone: 800-535-9095.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Gautam, NMFS, Office of Science 
and Technology; telephone: (301)713-2328.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the reauthorization of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act (Act), Congress required the NRC to provide a report with 
recommendations on a national policy for implementing IFQs by October 
1, 1998. The Act also required the formation of NMFS Advisory Panels to 
provide support to the NRC committee and to NMFS in their respective 
roles of preparing and evaluating the IFQ study. The workshop is 
intended to initiate a dialogue between IFQ Advisory Panel and NRC 
committee members related to key questions the NRC has developed. 
Issues discussed will include initial allocation criteria, restrictions 
on transferability of quota shares, enforcement and monitoring 
requirements, and long-term implications of implementing IFQs relative 
to other management regimes. Members of the public are invited to 
observe the proceedings, but will not be allowed to participate.

    Dated: January 16, 1998.
Lamar Trott
Acting Director, Office of Science and Technology, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-1544 Filed 1-16-98; 4:56 pm]
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