# Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-12715 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** May 15, 1997 - **Citation:** 62 FR 26814 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council ACTION: Notice of meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: As provided in Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Service announces a meeting designed to foster partnerships to enhance recreational fishing and boating in the United States. This meeting, sponsored by the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council (Council), is open to the public and interested persons may make oral statements to the Council or may file written statements for consideration. DATES: June 2, 1997, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the JW Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, Salon S, Washington, DC 20004-1796, telephone (202) 393-2000. Summary minutes of the conference will be maintained by the Coordinator for the Council at 1033 North Fairfax Street, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22314, and will be available for public inspection during regular business hours within 30 days following the meeting. Personal copies may be purchased for the cost of duplication. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Alcorn, Council Coordinator, at 703/836-1392. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Partnership Council will hear a briefing by representatives from the American League of Anglers and Boaters (ALAB) on ALAB's consensus position on the proposed language for reauthorizing the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration (Wallop-Breaux) Program, to be considered by the Congress later this year. The Partnership Council will also hear briefings on two initiatives recommended by recreational fisheries stakeholders: (1) To address fish habitat through an amendment to the Clean Water Act, and (2) to catalyze state-led outreach efforts for recruiting and maintaining a strong constituency of anglers. The Partnership Council's Technical Working Group for boating issues will give a status report on the Recreational Lakes Initiative and the status of the Boating Initiative assigned to the Working Group in October 1996. The Partnership Council's Technical Working Group for recreational fisheries issues will present annual findings from its evaluation of Federal agency activities for providing and enhancing recreational fishery resources, pursuant to the President's 1995 Executive Order (Number 12962) for Recreational Fisheries. the topic of discussion will be the Technical Working Group's objective assessment of how well Federal agencies have implemented their respective strategic plans to accomplish goals established one year ago in the nationally-comprehensive Recreational Fishery Resources Conservation Plan. Based on the Technical Working Group's findings, the Partnership Council will make recommendation for consideration by the National Recreational Fisheries Coordination Council, also established by the President in Executive Order 12962. The Partnership Council will also consider comments from the public before closing. Dated: April 30, 1997. Jay L. Gerst, Acting Deputy Director. [FR Doc. 97-12715 Filed 5-14-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-12715. Public record. Not legal advice.