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Latest News Releases Public Meeting Scheduled on Monkfish Large Mesh Gill Net Permit ASMFC Sets Spiny Dogfish 2010/2011 Fishing Year Quota at 15 Million Pounds MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION TO MEET ABOUT GILL NET/SEA TURTLE ISSUES BAY SCALLOP SEASON OPENS IN PAMLICO SOUND FEDERAL FISHERY ADVISORY PANEL SEATS OPEN TO APPLICANTS STATE SEEKS FISHERMEN FOR CULTCH PLANTING JOBS National Saltwater Angler Registry Opens on New Year’s Day Council Approves Measures to Address Overfishing of Nine Snapper Grouper Species  Commercial Fishery for Black Sea Bass Closing to Vessels Fishing in the South Atlantic Federal Waters South Atlantic States Schedule Public Hearings on Spanish Mackerel, Spot, and Spotted Seatrout Public Information Document CIVIL PENALTY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING CANCELLED MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION TO MEET NEXT WEEK MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION EXTENDS COMMERCIAL POUND NET SEASON SITES ADDED FOR ACCESS TO MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION MEETING MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING SET NOAA Fisheries Publishes a Final Rule for South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper Amendment 15B DURHAM COUNTY CREATES FOUR NEW OYSTER SHELL RECYCLING SITES FISHERIES DIRECTOR ANNOUNCES WATERFRONT ACCESS SITES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION SEEKS STRIPED BASS ADVISERS Public Hearings for Snapper Grouper Fishery Begin Next Week Recreational Fishery for Vermilion Snapper Closed to Vessels Fishing in South Atlantic Federal Waters on November 1, 2009 FLOUNDER SEASON CLOSES TO PROTECT SEA TURTLES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION SEEKS ADVISERS South Atlantic Fishery Management Council to Hold Public Hearings on Snapper Grouper Management Issues DMF PROPOSES ARTIFICIAL REEF OFF OAK ISLAND COMMERCIAL OCEAN STRIPED BASS FISHERMEN NEED NEW PERMIT NOAA To Close Recreational Fishery for Black Sea Bass for Six Months Due to Overharvest SPOTTED SEATROUT SIZE LIMIT INCREASES ADDITIONAL WEAKFISH, STRIPED BASS HEARINGS SLATED States Schedule Public Hearings on Weakfish Draft Addendum IV States Schedule Public Hearings on Striped Bass Draft Addendum II States Schedule Public Hearings on Shad Draft Amendment 3 MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION MEETS ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Board will meet September 1, 2009 to Discuss Recreational Overages ASMFC Atlantic Menhaden Board Approves Draft Addendum IV for Public Comment ETHICAL ANGLING ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN LATE SUMMER Nontraditional Stakeholders Sought for Participation in ASMFC's Atlantic Herring Advisory Panel WATERFRONT ACCESS PROJECTS SOUGHT FROM N.C. SOUTHERN COAST ALLIGATOR RIVER PUBLIC ACCESS SITE NEW RULES FOR SNAPPER/GROUPER FISHERMEN GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE FOR RECREATIONAL BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE TIME CHANGE FOR FINFISH COMMITTEE MEETING STRICTER GILL NET LIMITS INTENDED FOR SEA TURTLE PROTECTION NOAA Seeks Public Comment on a Proposed Interim Rule to Reduce Overfishing of Red Snapper in the South Atlantic NEWSLETTER PROFILES FISHERIES SOCIAL SCIENTIST NOAA Fisheries Service Announces New Regulations for the South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper Fishery (PDF) SOUTHERN FLOUNDER INTERIM RULES MEETINGS SET SEATROUT INTERIM RULES MEETINGS SET GRADES IMPROVE FOR FOUR SPECIES ON STOCK STATUS REPORT NEW CIRCLE HOOK SEASON STARTS JULY 1 FISH FOR FREE JULY 4 WAKE COUNTY CREATES 12 NEW OYSTER SHELL RECYCLING SITES STUDY FINDS DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN OCEAN AND ESTUARINE FISHERMEN Strategy for Sea Turtle Conservation and Recovery in Relation to Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Fisheries -Public Scoping Meeting