[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75945-75946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21613]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 102406C]


Nominations for the Annual Sustainable Fisheries Leadership 
Awards for 2007; Extension of Nomination Deadline

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

ACTION: Notice; extension of nomination deadline.

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SUMMARY: NOAA has established the Sustainable Fisheries Leadership 
Awards Program to recognize outstanding performances, achievements and 
leadership by industries, organizations and individuals who promote 
best stewardship practices for the sustainable use of living marine 
resources and ecosystems, and who have fostered change and inspired a 
stewardship ethic within their community. This notice extends the 
deadline for nominations for the second annual Sustainable Fisheries 
Leadership Awards from January 8 to January 31, 2007.

DATES: The due date for nomination forms and required supporting 
materials has been extended from January 8, 2007 (November 8, 2006; 71 
FR 65471) to January 31, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent electronically to the Fish for 
the Future Foundation, nominations@ fish4thefuturefoundation.org. 
Nominations can also be mailed to Sustainable Fisheries Leadership 
Awards, c/o Fish for the Future Foundation, 3382 Gunston Road,

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Alexandria, VA 22302, or faxed to (703) 379-5777. All information and 
official nomination forms can be accessed electronically at the NMFS 
Web site http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/awards/ or the Fish for the Future 
Foundation Web site http://www.fish4thefuturefoundation.org or by 
calling (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Shea, Fish for the Future 
Foundation, (703) 379-6101, Michele.Shea@fish4thefuturefoundation.org 
or Laurel Bryant, NMFS, (301) 713-2379 x171, [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS published a notice in the Federal 
Register on November 8, 2006 (71 FR 65471) that provided background 
information as it relates to this nomination process. The background 
information is not repeated in this document. Today's notice extends 
the nomination deadline from January 8 to January 31, 2007.

    Dated: December 12, 2006.
William T. Hogarth,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
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