Migratory Bird Hunting; Supplemental Proposals for Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations; Notice of Meetings

Abstract

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter the Service) proposed in an earlier document to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 1997-98 hunting season. This supplement to the proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule; announces a special meeting to discuss and review Adaptive Harvest Management; announces the Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee and Flyway Councils meetings; and describes the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 1997-98 duck hunting seasons and other proposed changes from the 1996-97 hunting regulations.

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Action

Proposed rule; supplemental.

Dates

The Service will hold a special open meeting at 9:00 a.m. on June 24, 1997, to review the concepts and process of Adaptive Harvest Management. The Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee will consider and develop proposed regulations for early-season migratory bird hunting at 8:30 a.m. on June 25 and 26, and for late-season migratory bird hunting on August 5 and 6. The Service will hold public hearings on proposed early- and late-season frameworks at 9:00 a.m. on June 27 and August 7, 1997, respectively. The comment period for the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 1997-98 duck hunting seasons will end on July 3, 1997. The comment period for proposed migratory bird hunting-season frameworks for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and other early seasons will end on July 25, 1997. The comment period for late-season proposals will end on September 4, 1997.

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