MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION (MFC) BUSINESS MEETING

NEW BERN RIVERFRONT CONVENTION CENTER

JUNE 7-8, 2001

 

June 7


9:00 am             Call to Order/Invocation

                        Approval of Agenda and Minutes

                        Public Comment

                        Issues from Commission Members                                   


10:00 am           Chairman’s Report


10:30 am           Committee Reports


12:00 noon        Lunch


 1:30 pm            Petitions for Rulemaking


                        - Gill Net Restriction During Fall Along Bogue Banks


                        - Weakfish Size Limits for Long Haul Seine and Pound Net Fisheries                  


 2:30 pm            Interjurisdictional Fishery Management Plan Update


                        - Public Meetings

 3:30 pm            Division of Marine Fisheries Director’s Report


                        - King Mackerel Rule Suspension/Commercial Size Limit


                        - Budget


                        - Eligibility Board Report


                        - Flounder Gill Net Fishery - Pamlico Sound


                        - Summer Flounder (Trawl Fishery, Recreational Restrictions)


                        - Weakfish (Flynet Proposal, Request to Change Recreational Bag/Size Limits)


                        - Striped Bass (FMP Update)


                        - Legislative Update


                        - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission


                        - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council


                        - South Atlantic Fishery Management Council


                        - Highly Migratory Species Update


                        - Marine Patrol Report

 5:30 pm            Adjourn for the Day

 

June 8


8:30 am             Permanent Rules - Approval


                        King Mackerel


                        - Permit Requirement


                        - Prohibit Gill Nets to Harvest South of Cape Lookout


                        - Proclamation Authority


                        - 24 Inch Size Limit


                        License Renewal Process


                                               

                        Permanent Rules - Take to Public Hearing


                        Recreational Commercial Gear License Gill Net Attendance


                        Red Drum FMP Rules


                        Mutilated Finfish Rule (River Herring Exemption)


                                               

                        Subject Matter Notification

11:00 am           Red Drum


                        - Request to Prohibit Gigging


                        - Participation Data on Commercial Fishery


                        - Update on Bycatch Restrictions

12:00 noon        Lunch

1:30 pm Red Drum (continued)

2:00 pm Fisheries Resource Grant Report

3:00 pm Adjourn