South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting Dec. 3-7 in Kitty Hawk
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Members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council head to the Outer Banks of North Carolina in December to address federal fishery management measures affecting offshore fisheries including snapper grouper, dolphin, wahoo, habitat protection and ecosystem-based management, and the Council's Citizen Science Program. The council will also host a For-Hire Electronic Reporting Training Session (see below for details). The meetings are open to the public unless otherwise specified, and public comment is now being accepted on agenda items.
Agendas, Overviews, and Briefing Materials:
The agenda for the week-long meeting, as well as individual committee agendas and helpful overviews, are available from the
Council meeting website
. Documents, summaries, presentations, and other briefing materials for the meeting are also available.
Attend the Meeting via Webinar:
The meeting may be accessed via webinar each day as it occurs. Registration for each day is required.
Register now
via the links below and receive email reminders for the upcoming sessions. (Note: The council's Personnel Committee is meeting in Closed Session on Monday and the meeting will not be available via webinar.)
Public Comment:
Comments on agenda items may be submitted using the
online comment form
. The form allows council members immediate access to all comments and gives others the opportunity to read comments as they are posted.
The council will also solicit
public comment during the meeting beginning at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018.
Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee to meet
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The Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Dec. 6 at the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Washington Regional Office, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington.
Mid-Atlantic Council Meeting in Annapolis, MD
: December 10-13, 2018
- The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's meeting to be held December 10-13 in Annapolis, MD. The meeting will be held at Westin Annapolis (100 Westgate Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401, Telephone 410-972-4300).
Public Comments:
Written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on November 28 to be included in the Council meeting briefing book. Comments received after this deadline but before 5:00 p.m. on December 6 will be posted as “supplemental materials” on the Council meeting web page. After that date, all comments must be submitted using an online comment form available at available at
http://www.mafmc.org/public-comment
.
NCFA Board Meeting-
December 12, 11 a.m.
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott, Washington
2090 West 15
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St
Washington, NC 27889
