MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION BUSINESS MEETING

BEST WESTERN CRYSTAL COAST RESORT, ATLANTIC BEACH

OCTOBER 4-5, 2001

October 4, 2001

9:00 am Call to Order

Invocation and Roll Call

Approval of Agenda and Minutes*

Public Comment

Issues from Commission Members

9:30 am Chairman’s Report

- Advisor Appointments

- MFC/WRC Meeting

- Vice Chairman Election

- New York Weakfish Letter

10:30 am Committee Reports

12:00 noon Lunch

1:30 pm Fisheries Resource Grant Presentatiom – Gill Net Bycatch Potential, Discard Mortality and Condition of Red Drum in Southeastern N.C. – Teresa Thorpe

2:30 pm Rules

Permanent Rules - Approval

- Red Drum FMP Rules - NCAC 15A 3J.0103, 3M.0501

- Mutilated Finfish Rule - NCAC 15A 3M.0101

- Recreational Commercial Gear License Gill Net Attendance - NCAC 15A 3O.0302

Temporary Rules - Approval

- Black Sea Bass Minimum Size Limit - NCAC 15A 3M.0506

4:30 pm Flounder Gill Net Fishery Pamlico Sound - Preston Pate

5:00 pm Flounder Pound Net Permits - Preston Pate

6:00 pm Adjourn

October 5, 2001

8:30 am Report on Non-Native Oyster Research - Dr. Pete Peterson, UNC - Chapel Hill

10:30 am Interjurisdictional Fishery Management Plan

- Approval to Send Draft FMP to DENR Secretary for Submission to General Assembly Committee for Review

11:30 noon Lunch

2:00 pm Division of Marine Fisheries Director’s Report

- King Mackerel Rule Suspension/Commercial Size Limit [15A NCAC, 3M.0301(c)(1)

- Striped Bass

- Atlantic Beach Gill Net Proclamation

- Legislative Update

- Marine Patrol Report - Colonel Joe Lynch

- Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

- Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council - Red Munden

- South Atlantic Fishery Management Council - Louis Daniel

- Highly Migratory Species Update - Louis Daniel

4:00 pm Adjourn

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