Release: Immediate
Contact: Patricia Smith
Date: Dec. 22, 2017
Phone: 252-726-7021
Fisheries committee to meet to define a commercial fisherman
MOREHEAD CITY — A committee made up of members of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet at 1 p.m. Jan. 11 at the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Central District Office, 5285 Highway 70 West, Morehead City.
The committee is meeting to develop a definition of a commercial fisherman. The commission voted to form this committee at its November Meeting and to bring back a report to the full commission in February.
The meeting will not include a public comment period.
For more information, contact Nancy Fish in the Marine Fisheries Commission Office at 252-808-8021 or Nancy.Fish@ncdenr.gov.
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Release: Immediate
Contact: Patricia Smith
Date: Dec. 22, 2017
Phone: 252-726-7021
Shrimp Bycatch Reduction Industry Workgroup to meet
MOREHEAD CITY — The Shrimp Bycatch Reduction Industry Workgroup will meet at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 22 at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center, 203 S. Front St., New Bern.
The committee will receive a presentation on the 2017 testing of bycatch reduction gears. The committee will also begin developing recommendations to the Marine Fisheries Commission.
A full agenda can be found here.
For more information, contact Kevin Brown, gear development biologist with the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, at 252 808 8089 or Kevin.H.Brown@ncdenr.gov.
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