MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION BUSINESS MEETING
SHELL ISLAND, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
FEBRUARY 3-4, 2005
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.
February
3, 2005
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9:00 am Call to Order
Invocation
Roll Call
Approval of Agenda and Minutes*
Public Comment
Issues from Commission Members
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9:30 am Chairman’s
Report
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2005 Marine Fisheries
Commission (MFC) Meeting Locations
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Primary Nursery Area
Rule Suspension-Mallard Bay [NCAC 15A 03R.0103(d)] (Action)
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Spiny Dogfish Compliance
Advisory Panel
C
River Herring Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) Committee Advisors
C
2005 Public Hearings for
Rulemaking
C
General Advisor
Selections
C
Conflict Mediation
Update
C
10:00 am Committee
Reports
C
Habitat & Water
Quality 1/10/05
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Shine Landing, Pamlico
County (Action)
C
Compensatory Mitigation
Workshops
C
Express Permitting (Action)
C
Shellfish 1/24/05
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Under Dock Culture Rules
(Action)
C
Oyster FMP Amendment #2
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Shellfish Closures
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Oyster Harvest Increase
for Dredges
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Certification for
Leaseholders During Closed Season
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Finfish 1/19/05
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Southern Flounder FMP
Rules
C
Atlantic Croaker PID
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Bottlenose Dolphin Rules
C
Importation Rules
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Central 1/3/05
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Bottlenose Dolphin Rules
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Southern Flounder FMP
Rules
C
Atlantic Croaker PID
C
Saltwater License Update
C
Inland 1/12/05
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Bottlenose Dolphin Rules
C
Southern Flounder FMP
Rules
C
Saltwater License Update
C
Southeast 1/18/05
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Bottlenose Dolphin Rules
C
Southern Flounder FMP
Rules
C
FRG Presentation
C
Northeast 1/27/05
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Bottlenose Dolphin Rules
C
Southern Flounder FMP
Rules
C
Shrimp FMP 1/20/05
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Management
Recommendations for New River
C
Sea Turtle Bycatch 12/16/04
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Use of Sea Turtle
Strandings as Management Tools
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Striped Mullet 12/14/04,
1/10/05
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Recreational Limits
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Gill Net/Stop Net/Pier
Conflicts
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Bottlenose Dolphin Rules
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12:00 noon Lunch
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1:30 pm Draft Southern Flounder FMP
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Preferred Management
Options (Action)
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Adoption (Action)
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Notification of Text –
Proposed Rules (Action)
C
Provisional Measures (Action)
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3:30 pm Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
Nominations
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Nominating Committee
Report (Action) 1/24/05
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4:30 pm Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHPP)
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Update
§
Implementation Plans
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5:00 pm Adjourn
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8:30 am ASMFC Atlantic Croaker FMP
Amendment 1 Public Information Document
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Comments (Action)
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9:30 am NMFS Bottlenose Dolphin Proposed
Rules
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Comments (Action)
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12:00 noon Lunch
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1:30 pm Director’s Report
C
Saltwater Fishing
License Update
C
Menhaden Rule Suspension
C
Summer Flounder
C
Striped Bass
C
River Herring
C
Marine Patrol Report -
Col. Joe Lynch
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MAFMC Update - Red
Munden
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Highly Migratory Species
Update - Dr. Louis Daniel
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SAFMC Update - Dr. Louis
Daniel
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3:00 pm Adjourn
* Times indicated are merely for guidance. The Commission will proceed through the
agenda until completed.
MFC Meetings for 2005: April
21-22 Kill Devil Hills
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.