[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 78 (Thursday, April 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10870]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 041698A]


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 Boston, Massachusetts and will be open for 
public observation.

DATES: The workshop will begin at 8:30 a.m. on May 5, 1998, and will 
end at 2 p.m. on May 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Harborside Hyatt Conference 
Center and Hotel, 101 Harborside Drive, Boston, MA; telephone: 800-233-
1234.

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 Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens 
Act), Congress required the NRC to provide a report with 
recommendations on a national policy for implementing IFQs by October 
1, 1998. The Magnuson-Stevens 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 continue the 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: April 20, 1998.
Lamarr B. Trott,
Acting Director, Office of Science and Technology, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-10870 Filed 4-22-98; 8:45 am]
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