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<br />34 <br /> <br />809 revision of Management Objectives and the prioritization of Information Needs. The <br />810 revision represents a concerted effort by the stakeholders to identifY objectives as desired <br />811 resource conditions sought by various stakeholders, and describe information needs in a way <br />812 that clarifies the required data for assisting stakeholders in determining the condition of these <br />813 resources, and how conditions are affected by management actions. <br />814 <br />815 Revision Process and Prioritization Plannin~ <br />816 Starting in January 1998, an ad hoc group from the TWG met to address the <br />817 Management Objectives and Information Needs. Meetings were held to discuss general <br />818 procedures for the revision process and the objectives and information needs by resource <br />819 area. The purpose of the meetings was to review and revise management objectives and <br />820 information needs, to establish relative priorities by study type, resource class, and <br />821 research/monitoring question. The group was also tasked with reporting to the TWG <br />822 during the process and to present recommendations on the revised information to the <br />823 AMWG for adoption. The details of the prioritization process and the revised management <br />824 objectives and prioritized information needs which provide the direction for strategic <br />825 plllnning can be found in Appendix B. <br />826 The prioritized information needs will permit the GCMRC to stage the various <br /> <br />827 information needs currently specified by stakeholders over years FY2000 to 2004. High <br /> <br />828 priority information needs will be initiated in years FY2000 and FY2001 whereas other <br /> <br /> <br />829 monitoring and research needs may be delayed for initiation until FY2002 or beyond. As a <br /> <br /> <br />830 result of developing this strategic plan, it has become clear that not all of the information <br /> <br />831 needs currently proposed by stakeholders can be addressed in the next 5 years. Because the <br /> <br />832 information needs are so extensive, and because many relate to annual or intermittent <br /> <br />833 monitoring requirements, it is anticipated that about one-third to one-half of the information <br /> <br />November S, 1998 <br />SecoDd Draft - Do Not Cite, Pbotocopy, or Distribute <br />