[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 103 (Thursday, May 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29105-29106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13956]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 052197A]
Formation of National Marine Fisheries Service Advisory Panels
for National Academy of Sciences Study on Individual Fishing Quotas and
Formation of National Marine Fisheries Service Advisory Panel for
Ecosystem Principles
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 has selected members for an
East coast and a West coast advisory panel for an Individual Fishing
Quota (IFQ) study to be conducted by the National
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Academy of Sciences' National Research Council (NRC). NMFS has also
selected members for its Advisory Panel on Ecosystem Principles. All
three panels were formed to comply with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act as amended by the Sustainable Fisheries
Act of 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: IFQ Advisory Panels, contact Amy
Gautam, NMFS, Office of Science and Technology. Telephone: (301)713-
2328. Ecosystem Principles Advisory Panel, contact Ned Cyr, NMFS,
Office of Science and Technology. Telephone: (301)713-2363.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following individuals have been selected
to the East coast Advisory Panel on IFQs: Richard B. Allen, RI; Ted
Ames, ME; Lee Anderson, University of Delaware, DE; Harriet A.
Didrikson, MA; Walter M. Gordon, Mid-Atlantic Foods, Inc., MD; Tom R.
Hill, Atlantic and Pacific Marine Consultants, MA; D. Doug Hopkins,
Environmental Defense Fund, NY; Pete Jensen, Maryland Department of
Natural Resources, MD; Jim Kendall, New Bedford Seafood Coalition, MA;
Miles Mackaness, FL; Howard Nickerson, Offshore Mariner's Association,
MA; Kenneth J. Roberts, Louisiana State University, LA; David Wallace,
MD; Roy O. Williams, Florida Marine Fisheries Commission, FL; R.F.
Zales, II, FL. The following individuals have been selected to the West
coast Advisory Panel on IFQs: Linda Behnken, North Pacific Fishery
Management Council, AK; Francis Christy, Washington, DC; James Cook,
West Pacific Fisheries Management Council, HI; David Fraser, AK; Rodney
M. Fujita, Environmental Defense Fund, CA; Ralph G. Hoard, Icicle
Seafoods, WA; Jan Jacobs, American Seafoods Company, WA; Linda Kozak,
Kodiak Vessel Owners Association, AK; L. John Iani, UniSea Inc, WA;
Mark S. Lundsten, WA; Scott C. Matulich, Washington State University,
WA; Ben Muse, Alaska Fisheries Entry Commission, AK; C. Jim Ponts, CA;
Paul K. Seaton, Alaska Marine Conservation Council, AK; Elizabeth A.
Stewart, Aleutians East Borough, AK. The following individuals have
been selected to the Advisory Panel on Ecosystem Principles: Pete
Aparicio, Texas Shrimpers Association/Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Chris Blackburn, Alaska Groundfish Data Bank; George Boehlert,
NMFS-Pacific Fisheries Environment Group; Felicia Coleman, Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council/ Florida State University; Philip
Conkling, The Island Institute; Robert Costanza, University of
Maryland; Paul Dayton, University of California, San Diego--Scripps
Institution of Oceanography; Dave Fluharty, North Pacific Fishery
Management Council/ University of Washington; Robert Francis,
University of Washington; Doyle Hanan, California Department of Fish
and Game; Ken Hinman, National Coalition for Marine Conservation; Ed
Houde, University of Maryland; James Kitchell, University of Wisconsin;
Rich Langton, Maine Department of Marine Resources; Jane Lubchenco,
Oregon State University; Marc Mangel, University of California at Santa
Cruz; Russell Nelson, Florida Marine Fisheries Commission/ Gulf of
Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils; Victoria
O'Connell, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Michael Orbach, Duke
University; Michael Sissenwine, NMFS--Northeast Fisheries Science
Center.
Dated: May 21, 1997.
Rolland A. Schmitten,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 97-13956 Filed 5-28-97; 8:45 am]
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