Fisheries Chief to Meet With Constituents in Alaska

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	U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service NEWS RELEASE Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, Alaska 99802-1668

CONTACT:
Crystal Straughn, (301) 713-2370

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 10, 2003

FISHERIES CHIEF TO MEET WITH CONSTITUENTS IN ALASKA

On June 13, NOAA Fisheries chief Bill Hogarth will meet with constituents in Kodiak Alaska. The session will take place in conjunction with the Northern Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting, from 2 p.m.- 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., at the Best Western Kodiak Inn, 236 W Rezanof Drive Kodiak, AK 99615. Anyone interested in federal management of marine resources is invited to attend.

Bill Hogarth, director of NOAA Fisheries, will be traveling throughout the summer to meet with fishermen and other constituents around the country about fishery management issues. The sessions are intended to gather public input on ways to improve the effectiveness of NOAA Fisheries and its management of living marine resources. The regional sessions will be a collaborative effort involving all major marine fisheries interests - councils, commercial and recreational fishermen, tribal representatives, environmental organizations, and federal and state government.

WHAT:
NOAA Fisheries 2003 Constituent Sessions to be held in conjunction with Fishery Management Council Meetings

WHERE:
Best Western Kodiak Inn
236 W Rezanof Drive
Kodiak, AK 99615
(907) 486-5712

WHEN:
2 p.m.- 5 p.m., Friday, June 13
6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Friday, June 13

WHO:
Bill Hogarth, director of NOAA Fisheries

For more information and dates of the meetings, go to the Constituent Sessions Web site at: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/emeetings. You can also provide comments online by clicking on the e-comments link, which lists a variety of fisheries issues. Commenting on fisheries management has never been easier! You may also contact Patricia Lawson @ 301-713-2239 x145 or patricia.lawson@noaa.gov.

NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) is dedicated to protecting and preserving our nation's living marine resources through scientific research, management, enforcement, and the conservation of marine mammals and other protected marine species and their habitat.

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