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1 established not later than 60 days after the publication 



2 of the final stock assessment. 



3 "(3) Conservation team members may be drawn from 



4 the National Marine Fisheries Service, the United States 



5 Fish and Wildlife Service, the Marine Mammal Commis- 



6 sion, States, Regional Councils, environmental organiza- 



7 tions, the fishing industry, universities and scientific orga- 



8 nizations, Alaska Native corporations, treaty tribes, and 



9 others as the Secretary deems appropriate. Each conserva- 



10 tion team shall have at least one member of the coinciding 



11 Regional Council as a member. Conservation teams shall 



12 consist of an equitable distribution of industry and 



13 nonindustry representatives as practicable. Conservation 



14 teams shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory Com- 



15 mittee Act; however, meetings of the conservation teams 



16 shall be open to the public. 



17 "(4) It shall be the immediate goal of each conserva- 



18 tion team to advise the Secretary, through the develop- 



19 ment of a conservation plan, on methods of reducing lethal 



20 incidental takes of marine mammals below the potential 



21 biological removal levels established under subsection (c) 



22 as quickly as possible, and on methods of reducing inciden- 



23 tal lethal takes to insignificant levels approaching zero 



24 within 10 years. In developing |a conservation plan, con- 



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