MEETING NOTICE – REGULATORY WORKSHOP
Please be advised the DEM Division of Marine Fisheries will be holding a regulatory workshop on Thursday, October 3, 2024, 4:30pm to solicit input regarding prospective and/or proposed amendments to the marine fisheries regulations.
In person: URI Bay Campus, Corless Auditorium, 215 South Ferry Road, Narragansett RI
Zoom webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81250357042?pwd=2ByNySHnqZ0dlrL1PqC7XIBiijZ2wP.1 [us02web.zoom.us]; meeting ID: 812 5035 7042; Passcode: 019124; dial in: 1-929-205-6099 (listen only)
The purpose of this workshop is to provide the public with regulatory proposals currently under consideration and/or up for annual review by the Division, and to afford opportunity for feedback and/or additional proposals.
AGENDA
1. Part 5 – Lobsters, Crabs and Other Crustaceans:
· Blue crab nighttime harvest and possession limit
· Horseshoe crab coastal pond and spawning closures
2. Part 3 – Finfish:
· Commercial Black Sea Bass management
· Commercial Scup management
· Commercial Summer flounder management
· Commercial Menhaden
· Commercial Tautog
3. Part 7 – Dealers:
- Catch accounting clarification
4. Part 23 – Aggregate Program for Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass:
- Program elements
Please send proposals to John Lake @ john.lake@dem.ri.gov no later than October 2nd if you would like your proposal included in the workshop slide presentation. Staff will make every effort to include your proposal. Staff are available to assist you with discussing prospective proposals.
A public hearing on proposed rules is scheduled for November 4th, followed by a RI Marine Fisheries Council meeting on December 2nd. Please stay tuned for future meeting announcements on the Division’s listserve. To subscribe to the Division’s listserve, send email to rimarinefisheries-subscribe@listserve.ri.gov.
Thank you.
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WorkshopNotice_Oct2024.pdf