MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION BUSINESS MEETING

CLARION HOTEL, RALEIGH

AUGUST 18-20, 2003

 

August 18

8 p.m.               Call to Order *

8:05 p.m.           Director’s Report

                        -Legislative Update

                        -Eligibility Board

                        -Recreational Brochure

                        -Striped Bass

                        -River Herring

                        -Spiny Dogfish

                        -Civil Penalty Update

                        -Charter Boat/Fishing For Hire Permit Update

                        -Asian Oyster Update

                        -South Atlantic Fishery Management Council - Louis Daniel

                        -Highly Migratory Species Update - Louis Daniel

                        -Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Update

                        -Red Drum Commercial Trip Limits                   

                        -Marine Patrol Report - Colonel Joe Lynch

                        -Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council - Red Munden

                        -Take Reduction Team Recommendations - Red Munden

 9 p.m.              Adjourn

 

August 19

9 a.m.               Invocation/Roll Call

                        Approval of Agenda and Minutes*

                        Public Comment

                        Issues from Commission Members

 9:30 a.m.          Chairman’s Report

                        -2004 Meeting Schedule

                        -Advisory Committee Vacancies

                        -Turtle Bycatch Committee

                        -Recognition of Wayne Lee      

                        -Flounder Size Limit in Internal Waters Rule Suspension

                        -Primary Nursery Area Rule Suspension

                        -Petitions for Rulemaking (Commercial Summer Flounder Seasonal Allocation

                        & Gill Net)

10 a.m.             Committee Reports

12 noon             Lunch

1:30 p.m.           Draft Striped Bass Fishery Management Plan Discussion

                        -Public Meetings                                                          

 2:30 p.m.          Rules

                        New Rulemaking Process

                        Permanent Rules - Adoption

                        -Trawling Times - Rule #1

                        -Pound Net Distance - Rule #2

                        -Long Haul Panels - Rule #3

                        -Pots with Leads - Rule #4

                        -Carolina Marlin Club - Rule #5

                        -Rangia Clams - Rule #6

                        -Stone Crabs - Rule #7

                        -Shellfish Certification - Rule #8

                        -Sanders Creek Primary Nursery Area - Rule #9

                        -Permanent Secondary Nursery Area in Pamlico, Pungo and Neuse Rivers - Rule #10

                        -Permanent Secondary Nursery Area in Shallowbag Bay - Rule #11                               

                        -Special Secondary Nursery Area in Shallowbag Bay - Rule #12

                        -Special Secondary Nursery Area in Collington, Buzzard and Eagle Bays - Rule #13

                        -No Trawl Areas - Carteret County - Rule #14              

                        -Coordinate Changes - Rule #15

Permanent Rules - language to take to public hearing

                        -Spooners Creek petition to redirect gill nets

                        -Oyster Hand Harvest Areas

                        -Shrimp Economic Assistance

Temporary Rules - review of draft language

                        -Blue Crab Economic Assistance

Other Rules

                        Violation Point System                          

4 p.m.               Coastal Habitat Protection Plan

                        -Annual Report Approval

                        -Water Column Section Presentation

6 p.m.               Adjourn

 

August 20

8:30 a.m.           Recreational Commercial Gear License Survey Presentation

9:30 a.m.           2003 Stock Status Presentation

10:30 a.m.         Fishery Management Plans

                        -Priorities

                        -Schedule         

11:30 a.m.         Proposed Alternative to the Use of Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)

12 p.m.             Lunch

1:30 p.m.           Alternative to MSY (Continued)

2:30 p.m.           Director’s Report (Continued)

4 p.m.               Adjourn

           

* Times indicated are merely for guidance.  The Commission will proceed through the agenda until completed.

 

MFC Meetings for 2003:

October 2-3                            Morehead City

November 18-19                     Kill Devil Hills