News Release Archives - June 2013
Release: Immediate
Date: June 28, 2013
Contact: Patricia Smith
Phone: 252-726-7021
Marine Fisheries Commission Meeting Cancelled
MOREHEAD CITY — Marine Fisheries Commission Chairman Rob Bizzell has cancelled the commission meeting scheduled for Friday, when the board was to consider a petition for rulemaking that effectively would prohibit trawling in North Carolina’s internal coastal waters.
Bizzell has decided, instead, to ask the Finfish, Shellfish/Crustacean, Habitat and Water Quality and Sea Turtle advisory committees to review and comment on the petition prior to the Marine Fisheries Commission vote.
The schedule of meetings for these advisory committees will be announced in the coming days.
The petition, submitted by Tim Hergenrader asks the commission to adopt a rule that makes North Carolina’s internal coastal waters permanent secondary nursery areas, unless they are currently designated as primary nursery areas or special secondary nursery areas. A Marine Fisheries Commission rule, already in place, prohibits the use of trawl nets in secondary nursery areas.
Under state law, the commission has 120 days from the date a formal petition for rulemaking is submitted to either grant or deny the petition. If the commission grants the petition, it will begin a rulemaking process which will include fiscal analysis, notice of text in the state register, a public comment period and at least one public hearing.
The petition for rulemaking can be found on the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries website at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/june-2013-mfc-briefing-book.
For more information, contact Nancy Fish, division liaison to the Marine Fisheries Commission, at 252-808-8021 or Nancy.Fish@ncdenr.gov .
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Release: Immediate
Date: June 28, 2013
Contact: Patricia Smith
Phone: 252-726-7021
Marine Fisheries Commission to Discuss Petition to
Prohibit Inshore Trawling
MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet Friday to consider a petition for rulemaking that effectively would prohibit trawling in North Carolina’s internal coastal waters.
The meeting will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Doubletree by Hilton (formerly the Sheraton), 2717 West Fort Macon Road, Atlantic Beach. The meeting room doors will not open to the public until 12:30 p.m. Public comments will be limited to three minutes per person.
The petition, submitted Thursday by Tim Hergenrader, asks the commission to adopt a rule that makes North Carolina’s internal coastal waters permanent secondary nursery areas, unless they are currently designated as primary nursery areas or special secondary nursery areas.
A Marine Fisheries Commission rule prohibits the use of trawl nets in secondary nursery areas.
Under state law, the commission has 120 days from the date a formal petition for rulemaking is submitted to either grant or deny the petition. If the commission grants the petition, it will begin a rulemaking process which will include fiscal analysis, notice of text in the state register, a public comment period and at least one public hearing.
A copy of the meeting agenda is attached. The petition for rulemaking can be found on the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries website at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/june-2013-mfc-briefing-book.
For more information, contact Nancy Fish, division liaison to the Marine Fisheries Commission, at 252-808-8021 or Nancy.Fish@ncdenr.gov.
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