MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR COMMENT ON DRAFT SPOTTED SEATROUT PLAN

MOREHEAD CITY – A series of meetings will begin next week offering the public an opportunity to discuss future management of North Carolina’s spotted seatrout fishery.
 
At the meetings, the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will detail proposals in a draft Spotted Seatrout Fishery Management Plan. A fishery management plan makes long-term research and regulatory recommendations for a fishery. A copy of the draft plan can be downloaded from the division Web site at http://www.ncfisheries.net/fmps/downloads/draftspottedseatroutfmp.pdf.

The meetings will be held in conjunction with N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission advisory committee meetings at the following times and places:

Southeast Regional Advisory Committee
6 p.m. April 14
N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Regional Office
127 Cardinal Drive Extension, Wilmington

Inland Regional Advisory Committee
6 p.m. April 15
Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building
512 North Salisbury St., Raleigh

Central Regional Advisory Committee
6 p.m. April 19
N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Regional Field Office
943 Washington Square Mall, Washington

Habitat and Water Quality Advisory Committee
1 p.m. April 20
N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Regional Field Office
943 Washington Square Mall, Washington

Finfish Advisory Committee
11 a.m. April 21
N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Regional Field Office
943 Washington Square Mall, Washington

Northeast Regional Advisory Committee
6:30 p.m. April 22
Dare County Administrative Building, Room 238
954 Marshall C. Collins Drive, Manteo

For more information, contact division biologist Beth Burns at (252) 473-5734, ext. 221 or [email protected]  or the Marine Fisheries Commission’s office at (252) 808-8022 or (800) 682-2632.