NCMFC Shellfish Advisory Comm. meeting

[NCangler]

The next meeting of the Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Shellfish Advisory Committee will be held Monday, January 24, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the C-MAST Building, 303 College Circle, Room 305, Morehead City, NC.

The Committee will first receive comments on the Oyster FMP Amendment 2. This meeting will be one of three public meetings held to get additional input on the proposed Amendment. The other two meetings will be held on January 25 in Bayboro at the courthouse and January 27 in Swanquarter at the fire station. Those meetings begin at 7:00 p.m.

The Committee will receive a presentation from the Shellfish Sanitation Section on the 2004 shellfish closures in White Oak River and other areas.

Members of the Committee also requested that the rule requiring certification oysters from leases during the closed season (03K.0205) will be discussed.

If you have any questions, please contact Mike Marshall at 800-682-2632 or 252 726-7021

MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION
Shellfish Advisory Committee Meeting
C-Mast Building, Morehead City, NC
January 24, 2005 6:00 P.M.

AGENDA
· Introduction
· Modifications to the Agenda
· General Update
· Approval of Minutes
· Public Comments- Oyster FMP Amendment 2
· Shellfish Closures - White Oak River and others – Wayne Mobley
· Oyster FMP – Amendment 2 Update – Mike Marshall
· Under the Dock Culture Training Rules – Craig Hardy
· Increase in 2004/2005 Harvest Limits for Oysters taken by Mechanical Methods
· Certification of Oysters from Leases During the Closed Season
· Next Meeting
· Issues
· Mechanical Clam Harvest Research
· Bay Scallop Research
· Under the Dock Culture in Chesapeake Bay