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 or Council.