2009-10 Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations: Service Regulations Committee; Meeting

Federal Register: December 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 243)

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 20

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Service Regulations Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service) will conduct an open meeting on January 29, 2009, to identify and discuss preliminary issues concerning the 2009-10 migratory bird hunting regulations.

DATES: The meeting will be held January 29, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The Service Regulations Committee will meet at the Embassy

Suites Hotel, Denver--International Airport, 7001 Yampa Street, Denver,

CO (303) 574-3000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Blohm, Chief, Division of

Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, ms-4107-ARLSQ, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240, (703) 358-1714.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of the Migratory Bird

Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-712), the Service regulates the hunting of migratory game birds. We update the migratory game bird hunting regulations, located at 50 CFR part 20, annually. Through these regulations, we establish the frameworks, or outside limits, for season lengths, bag limits, and areas for migratory game bird hunting. To help us in this process, we have administratively divided the nation into four Flyways (Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and Pacific), each of which has a Flyway Council. Representatives from the Service, the

Service's Migratory Bird Regulations Committee, and Flyway Council

Consultants will meet on January 29, 2009, at 8:30 a.m. to identify preliminary issues concerning the 2009-10 migratory bird hunting regulations for discussion and review by the Flyway Councils at their

March meetings.

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In accordance with Department of the Interior (hereinafter

Department) policy regarding meetings of the Service Regulations

Committee attended by any person outside the Department, these meetings are open to public observation.

Dated: November 26, 2008.

Paul R. Schmidt,

Assistant Director, Migratory Birds, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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