[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7760-7761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3889]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 021098A]


Notice of Public Hearing on Individual Fishing Quotas

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


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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS will hold a public hearing in 
Hawaii on the island of Oahu to solicit comments on Individual Fishing 
Quotas (IFQs) in compliance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) as amended by 
the Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996. The hearing supplements those 
held by the National Research Council (NRC) and/or the NMFS in the 
other Council regions.

DATES: The public hearing will be held on March 25, 1998 from 7:00 p.m. 
to 10:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the Ala Moana Hotel, 
Ilima Conference Room, 410 Atkinson Dr., Honolulu, HI, 96815, 
telephone: 808-955-4811.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Karnella, Administrator, 
Pacific Islands Area Office; telephone 808-973-2937.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Participants will be given five minutes each 
to provide a statement regarding any aspect of IFQ implementation 
identified in the study requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. All 
input will be provided to the NRC to be used in the preparation of its 
study of a national policy with respect to IFQs.

    Dated: February 11, 1998.
William W. Fox, Jr.
Director, Office of Science and Technology, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 98-3889 Filed 2-13-98; 8:45 am]
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