The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is scheduled to hold a meeting of the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Advisory Panel (AP) on May 11-13, 2010, in Silver Spring, Maryland.
The purpose of the meeting is to consider alternatives for the conservation and management of Atlantic tunas, swordfish, billfish, and sharks.
For more information, visit to the HMS Division website at:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/Advisory%20Panels/Advisory_Panel.htm