MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Comm mtg. 5/17/05

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The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee (AC) will meet on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Department of Natural Resources, Washington Regional Office, Washington, NC.

The committee will continue reviewing draft fact-finding document sections pertaining to sea turtle federal mandates and current management and sea turtle strandings data section. The committee will prepare a report on sea turtle interaction with North Carolina's inshore fisheries and present it to the MFC in 2005.

If you have any questions, please contact Blake Price or Jess Hawkins at 800-682-2632 or 252-726-7021.

MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION
Shellfish Advisory Committee Meeting
C-Mast Building, Morehead City, NC
May 16, 2005 6:00 p.m.

AGENDA
· Introduction
· Modifications to the Agenda
· General Update
· Approval of Minutes
· Clam Kicking Area Research- Eileen Vandenburg
· Oyster FMP – Amendment 2
· MFC Update
· Proposal Update
· Bay Scallop Research – Dr. Ami Wilbur
· Oyster Legislation
· Oyster Hatchery
· Next Meeting
· Issues
· Under the Dock Culture in Chesapeake Bay