Southeast Regional Advisory Comm. 1/8/08

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The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Southeast Regional Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 8, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at the DENR Regional Office located at 127 Cardinal Drive in Wilmington.

The AC will receive brief updates on recent MFC and DMF activities.

The AC will discuss several items that were passed at the November MFC meeting in Ocracoke, which the MFC wanted the regional committees to review.

There will be a presentation from Dr. Fred Scharf concerning a Fisheries Resource Grant (FRG).

If you have any questions, please call Rich Carpenter at 910-796-7291 or 800-248-4536 or contact the Marine Fisheries Commission Office at 252-808-8022 or 800-682-2632.

MFC SOUTHEAST REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
AGENDA
TUESDAY, January 8, 2008 6:00 P.M.
DENR REGIONAL OFFICE, WILMINGTON, NC

· Introduction

· Modifications to Agenda

· Approval of Minutes

o October 7, 2007

· MFC Update

· Notice of Text to begin rulemaking process on the transfer criteria for eligibility pool SCFLs

· Discuss Pound Net Issues (removal of gear and gear clean up period)

· Discuss Turtle Excluder Device Rules (enforce federal requirements)

· Discuss the recreational shrimp limits issue

· Discuss mechanical retrieval of RCGL trawls

· Discuss mechanical harvest effort options for oysters

· FRG Presentation from Dr. Fred Scharf


· Next Meeting

o Issues