Mfc Crustacean Advisory Committee Mtg. 3/2/06

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The Marine Fisheries Commission Crustacean Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, March 2 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at the C-Mast Building, Room #305 at Carteret Community College, located at 303 College Circle, Morehead City, NC.

The committee will receive a presentation on stone crabs from Dr. Chris Taylor, consider allowing multiple pots to be attached to a single buoy for pots in the Atlantic Ocean, and recommended by Blue Crab FMP.

If you have any questions, please contact David Taylor or Jess Hawkins at 1-800-682-2632 or 252-726-7021 or Sean McKenna at 800-338-7804 or 252-946-6481.

MFC CRUSTACEAN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
Thursday, March 2, 2006
C-Mast Building, Room #305 at Carteret Community College
6:00 P.M.
AGENDA
· Introductions
· Modification to Agenda
· Approval of Minutes
· July 18, 2005
· General MFC Update
· Public Comment
· Stone Crab Management Measures
· FRG Results
· Southeast Advisory Committee Recommendations
· Recommendations
· Issue of Allowing Multiple Pots to a Buoy in the Atlantic Ocean
· Update of Draft Shrimp FMP
· Update of Management Measures Proclamated for Blue Crab FMP
· 4 Inch Tail Bag
· Opening Long Haul Areas to Pots
· 6 ¾ Inch Max Size Limit for Mature Female Hard Crabs
· 5 ¼ Inch Maximum Size Limit for Female Peelers
· Next Meeting
· Issues