MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION TO MEET DECEMBER 1 – 3, 2004
Morehead City – The Marine Fisheries Commission will meet December 1 – 3 at the Best Western Crystal Coast Resort 109 Salter Path Road in Atlantic Beach, NC. The meeting is open to the public.
On December 1, the public meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. where the public is invited to discuss any fisheries issues.
On December 2 –3, the Commission will hold a business meeting starting at 9 a.m. on December 2nd and 8:30 a.m. on December 3rd.
For more information, contact Jess Hawkins by email at:
Je**********@****il.net or by calling
1-800-682-2632 or 252-726-7021.
Agenda attached
MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION BUSINESS MEETING
CRYSTAL COAST RESORT, ATLANTIC BEACH
DECEMBER 2 – 3, 2004
Executive Order One mandates that the Chair inquire as to whether any member knows of any known conflict of interest or appearance of conflict with respect to matters before the Commission. If any member knows of a conflict of interest or appearance of conflict, please so state at this time.
December 2, 2004
– 9:00 am Call to Order
Invocation – Mr. Nelson Gillikin
Roll Call
Approval of Agenda and Minutes*
Public Comment
Issues from Commission Members
– 9:30 am Chairman?s Report
– 2005 Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Meeting Locations
– Primary Nursery Area Rule Suspension-Mallard Bay [NCAC 15A 03R.0103(d)] (Action)
– Spiny Dogfish Compliance Advisory Panel
– River Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Committee Advisors
– Rule Cycle
– 10:00 am Committee Reports
– Habitat & Water Quality 11/2
– Reverse Osmosis Comments (Action)
– PCS Railroad Trestle Project – Whitehurst Creek (Action)
– Belville CRC Variance (Action)
– Oyster FMP Amendment
– Mallard Bay Primary Nursery Area (Action)
– Compensatory Mitigation Policy (Action)
– Shellfish 11/15
– Bay Scallop Management
– Non-native Oyster Update
– Finfish 11/9
– Updates on ASMFC, HMS, and SAFMC Activities
– Bluefin Tuna Management (Action)
– Update on Atlantic Ocean Beach Seine Proclamation
– Shark Management (Action)
– Central 11/3
– Oyster FMP Amendment
– Inland 11/8
– Oyster FMP Amendment
– Saltwater License Update
– Southeast 11/10
– Oyster FMP Amendment
– WRC Boat Ramps (Action)
– Shrimp FMP 10/28, 11/4, 11/29
– Shrimp Management by Size
– Shrimp Trawl Bycatch
– Channel Net Management
– Sea Turtle Bycatch 11/4
– Characterization of NC Fisheries Regarding Sea Turtle Interactions
– Striped Mullet 11/9
– Stock Assessment
– 12:00 noon Lunch
– 1:30 pm Atlantic Sturgeon Aquaculture Request (Action)
– 2:30 pm Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHPP) [Non-Superquorum Issue]
– Overview of Draft Plan – Mike Street
– Approval (Action)
– 4:00 pm Draft Southern Flounder FMP [Non-Superquorum Issue]
– Preferred Management Options (Action
– Recreational Commercial Gear License Holders Gill Net Attendance (Action)
– Approval of Draft Plan to Send to DENR Secretary (Action)
– Provisional Measures
– 5:30 pm Adjourn
December 3, 2004
– 8:30 am MFC Conflict Mediation Funding Resolution – Dr. Barbara Garrity-Blake (Action)
– 9:00 am Socio-Economic Workshop Report – Dr. Brian Cheuvront
– 10:00 am Draft Blue Crab FMP
– Results of Comments from Joint Legislative Commission on Seafood and Aquaculture
– Approval of Draft FMP (Action)
– Notification of Text for Blue Crab FMP Proposed Rules (Action)
– 12:00 noon Lunch
– 1:30 pm License To Land Flounder Survey – Dr. Brian Cheuvront (Action)
– 2:30 pm Notification of Text – Rules (Action)
– 03I .0104 – Introduce, Transfer, or Hold Imported Marine and Estuarine Organisms
– 03L .0301 – American Lobster (Northern Lobster)
– 03O .0503 – Permit Conditions; Specific (American Shad Dealer Permit)
– 03Q .0107 – Special Rules, Joint Waters (Striped Bass)
– 3:00 pm Director?s Report
– Seafood and Aquaculture Commission Update
– Ocean Isle Resolution
– Summer Flounder
– Striped Bass
– ASMFC Update
– Marine Patrol Report – Col. Joe Lynch
– MAFMC Update – Red Munden
– Highly Migratory Species Update – Dr. Louis Daniel
– SAFMC Update – Dr. Louis Daniel
– 4:30 pm Adjourn
* Times indicated are merely for guidance. The Commission will proceed through the agenda until completed.
MFC Meetings for 2005:
February 3-4 Wilmington
April 21-22 Northeastern North Carolina
June 28-29 Raleigh
August 30-31 Atlantic Beach
November 17-18 Ocracoke
ETHICS EXECUTIVE ORDER:
Every member of the Marine Fisheries Commission has the duty to avoid conflicts of interest or appearances of conflict with respect to matters before the Commission, or Committees and Councils of the Commission. In addition, the ethics executive order mandates that the Chairman inquire whether any Commissioner knows of any known conflict of interest or appearance of conflict with respect to matters before the Commission, Committee or Council. If any Commissioner knows of a conflict of interest or appearance of conflict, he should so state at the beginning of this meeting. Commissioners having questions about a conflict of interest or appearance of conflict should consult with counsel to the Marine Fisheries Commission or the Secretary?s ethics liaison. Upon discovering a conflict consistent with Executive Order One, the Commissioner should inform the Chairman of the Commission, Committee
MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION TO MEET DECEMBER 1 – 3, 2004
Morehead City – The Marine Fisheries Commission will meet December 1 – 3 at the Best Western Crystal Coast Resort 109 Salter Path Road in Atlantic Beach, NC. The meeting is open to the public.
On December 1, the public meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. where the public is invited to discuss any fisheries issues.
On December 2 –3, the Commission will hold a business meeting starting at 9 a.m. on December 2nd and 8:30 a.m. on December 3rd.
For more information, contact Jess Hawkins by email at:
Je**********@****il.net or by calling
1-800-682-2632 or 252-726-7021.
Agenda attached
MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION BUSINESS MEETING
CRYSTAL COAST RESORT, ATLANTIC BEACH
DECEMBER 2 – 3, 2004
Executive Order One mandates that the Chair inquire as to whether any member knows of any known conflict of interest or appearance of conflict with respect to matters before the Commission. If any member knows of a conflict of interest or appearance of conflict, please so state at this time.
December 2, 2004
– 9:00 am Call to Order
Invocation – Mr. Nelson Gillikin
Roll Call
Approval of Agenda and Minutes*
Public Comment
Issues from Commission Members
– 9:30 am Chairman?s Report
– 2005 Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Meeting Locations
– Primary Nursery Area Rule Suspension-Mallard Bay [NCAC 15A 03R.0103(d)] (Action)
– Spiny Dogfish Compliance Advisory Panel
– River Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Committee Advisors
– Rule Cycle
– 10:00 am Committee Reports
– Habitat & Water Quality 11/2
– Reverse Osmosis Comments (Action)
– PCS Railroad Trestle Project – Whitehurst Creek (Action)
– Belville CRC Variance (Action)
– Oyster FMP Amendment
– Mallard Bay Primary Nursery Area (Action)
– Compensatory Mitigation Policy (Action)
– Shellfish 11/15
– Bay Scallop Management
– Non-native Oyster Update
– Finfish 11/9
– Updates on ASMFC, HMS, and SAFMC Activities
– Bluefin Tuna Management (Action)
– Update on Atlantic Ocean Beach Seine Proclamation
– Shark Management (Action)
– Central 11/3
– Oyster FMP Amendment
– Inland 11/8
– Oyster FMP Amendment
– Saltwater License Update
– Southeast 11/10
– Oyster FMP Amendment
– WRC Boat Ramps (Action)
– Shrimp FMP 10/28, 11/4, 11/29
– Shrimp Management by Size
– Shrimp Trawl Bycatch
– Channel Net Management
– Sea Turtle Bycatch 11/4
– Characterization of NC Fisheries Regarding Sea Turtle Interactions
– Striped Mullet 11/9
– Stock Assessment
– 12:00 noon Lunch
– 1:30 pm Atlantic Sturgeon Aquaculture Request (Action)
– 2:30 pm Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHPP) [Non-Superquorum Issue]
– Overview of Draft Plan – Mike Street
– Approval (Action)
– 4:00 pm Draft Southern Flounder FMP [Non-Superquorum Issue]
– Preferred Management Options (Action
– Recreational Commercial Gear License Holders Gill Net Attendance (Action)
– Approval of Draft Plan to Send to DENR Secretary (Action)
– Provisional Measures
– 5:30 pm Adjourn
December 3, 2004
– 8:30 am MFC Conflict Mediation Funding Resolution – Dr. Barbara Garrity-Blake (Action)
– 9:00 am Socio-Economic Workshop Report – Dr. Brian Cheuvront
– 10:00 am Draft Blue Crab FMP
– Results of Comments from Joint Legislative Commission on Seafood and Aquaculture
– Approval of Draft FMP (Action)
– Notification of Text for Blue Crab FMP Proposed Rules (Action)
– 12:00 noon Lunch
– 1:30 pm License To Land Flounder Survey – Dr. Brian Cheuvront (Action)
– 2:30 pm Notification of Text – Rules (Action)
– 03I .0104 – Introduce, Transfer, or Hold Imported Marine and Estuarine Organisms
– 03L .0301 – American Lobster (Northern Lobster)
– 03O .0503 – Permit Conditions; Specific (American Shad Dealer Permit)
– 03Q .0107 – Special Rules, Joint Waters (Striped Bass)
– 3:00 pm Director?s Report
– Seafood and Aquaculture Commission Update
– Ocean Isle Resolution
– Summer Flounder
– Striped Bass
– ASMFC Update
– Marine Patrol Report – Col. Joe Lynch
– MAFMC Update – Red Munden
– Highly Migratory Species Update – Dr. Louis Daniel
– SAFMC Update – Dr. Louis Daniel
– 4:30 pm Adjourn
* Times indicated are merely for guidance. The Commission will proceed through the agenda until completed.
MFC Meetings for 2005:
February 3-4 Wilmington
April 21-22 Northeastern North Carolina
June 28-29 Raleigh
August 30-31 Atlantic Beach
November 17-18 Ocracoke
ETHICS EXECUTIVE ORDER:
Every member of the Marine Fisheries Commission has the duty to avoid conflicts of interest or appearances of conflict with respect to matters before the Commission, or Committees and Councils of the Commission. In addition, the ethics executive order mandates that the Chairman inquire whether any Commissioner knows of any known conflict of interest or appearance of conflict with respect to matters before the Commission, Committee or Council. If any Commissioner knows of a conflict of interest or appearance of conflict, he should so state at the beginning of this meeting. Commissioners having questions about a conflict of interest or appearance of conflict should consult with counsel to the Marine Fisheries Commission or the Secretary?s ethics liaison. Upon discovering a conflict consistent with Executive Order One, the Commissioner should inform the Chairman of the Commission, Committee
