MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION TO MEET IN PINE KNOLL SHORES

[NCangler]

MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will hold its regular business meeting Thursday and Friday, Sept. 6-7, at the Clamdigger Inn in Pine Knoll Shores.

The commission is scheduled to give final approval to a River Herring Fishery Management Plan and rules to implement a no harvest provision contained within it. A draft of the plan can be found online at http://www.ncfisheries.net/download/...edFeb07FMP.pdf.

Additionally, the commission is slated to discuss fishery management plans in various stages of development for several other species, and to continue talking about whether limited access privilege programs would be good for North Carolina fisheries.

The meeting is open to the public and begins at 9 a.m. Sept. 6 and 8:30 a.m. Sept. 7.

At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, the commission will hold an open meeting in the same location to receive public comments on any issues pertaining to state fisheries management.