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Release: Immediate
Marine Fisheries Commission to meet in Raleigh MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet May 12-14 at the Clarion Hotel State Capital, 320 Hillsborough St., Raleigh. The commission plans to review comments received on a draft Spotted Seatrout Fishery Management Plan and make a preliminary vote on management measures to adopt. The draft plan then will be sent to the secretary of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Joint Legislative Commission on Seafood and Aquaculture for review. Formal public hearings will be held before final adoption of the plan and rules to implement management recommendations in the plan. The commission also plans to hear results of a stock assessment for striped bass in the Albemarle/Roanoke Sound Management Area and vote on goals for an amendment to the Striped Bass Fishery Management Plan. Discussion of a gill net proclamation to address Endangered Species Act issues is slated, as well. The meeting will begin with a public comment session at 6 p.m. May 12 and continue with the business meeting portion at 9 a.m. May 13 and 8:30 a.m. May 14. An agenda for the meeting is attached. For more information, contact Kelly Mullen, who works in the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission office, at (252) 808-8022 or [email protected].
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