Subject: New AOC-FISHLINK listserve ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- AOC Hosts New Listserve for Fish Conservationists ABOUT AOC-FISHLINK AOC-FishLink is an online communication network among members of the conservation, fishing, and scientific communities hosted by American Oceans Campaign (AOC). The purpose of AOC-FishLink is to provide a forum for fish conservationists around the country to collaborate on effective implementation strategies for the new provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act aimed at halting overfishing, protecting and restoring fish habitat, and eliminating wasteful fishing practices (bycatch). This network facilitates coordination of efforts and activities and extensive information sharing among geographically diverse groups and individuals. AOC-FishLink has been designed as a moderated, closed list serve to ensure the confidentiality of disseminated material and the mutuality of the participants' goals. With the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (then Magnuson Act) in October 1996, fish conservation advocates around the country made unprecedented steps toward rebuilding depleted fisheries around the country. Now, an equally difficult task awaits us...ensuring that fishery management plans reflect the conservation provisions we fought so hard for!! AOC-FishLink will help us to unite our efforts once again to ensure that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the eight Fishery Management Councils implement measures to protect and restore U.S. fisheries. TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE LIST This is a closed list server. Therefore, before being subscribed to AOC-FishLink, subscribers must be approved by the List Owner. Since you are reading this message, you may already be subscribed to the list. However, if you wish to instruct other fish conservation advocates how to subscribe to the list, tell them to send an e-mail message to majordomo@igc.org, with the following message ONLY in the body of the text: subscribe aoc-fishlink TO POST A COMMENT OR ANNOUNCEMENT Please note. This is a moderated list which means that a message must be reviewed and approved by the list owner before the message can be posted. A moderated list is an attempt to make sure that only information of interest to the group is posted, and that the posted material remains confidential. To send a message for posting approval, send email to aoc-fishlink@igc.org with a subject and your message in the body of the text. Appropriate messages may include, but are not limited to: *Ongoing discussions or reports regarding overfishing, bycatch, and habitat protection progress or violations; *Notice of deadlines for submitting comments on draft regulations or draft FMPs; *Notice of Fishery Management Council or Federal Agency meetings related to Magnuson-Stevens implementation activities; *Notice of meetings hosted by other groups related to Magnuson-Stevens implementation activities; *Ideas about how to collaborate better to get a successful job done; *Status reports on NMFS regulations/ Fishery Management Council FMPs; *Information regarding activities of member groups; *Information regarding activities of fishery conservation opponents; *Related regional/national news; *Information regarding relevant and useful web sites. If you have any comments or questions concerning the list, please feel free to contact Tanya Dobrzynski at aoctd@wizard.net for assistance. ********************************************************************* This message was sent by the Clean Water Network. If you would like to reply to this particular message, please make sure you send it to the appropriate contact. To send a message to the Clean Water Network listserve, please send an email message to cleanwaternt@igc.apc.org and indicate that you would like it posted to the Network listserver. We will try to respond or forward your message to an appropriate expert in a timely manner, but please be aware that we receive over 40 messages a day and so may take some time to get back with you. If you need to contact us immediately, please feel free to phone: Kathy Nemsick I Merritt Frey National Coordinator I Outreach Coordinator 202-289-2395 I 202-289-2421 **********************************************************************