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The meetings are held in the off season .. so & discussion and/or changes can be discussed prior to the next season beginning
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As Clammer said, the Menhaden Advisory Panel mtgs are usually held in the off season; Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council mtgs are usually held once a month....a wealth of information is available on RI Dept Of Environmental Management's website (Public Hrgs, info stuff, agendas, etc); just go to their Fish and Wildlife/ Marine Fisheries sub-section of the main web page.
My understanding is that the State is not doing a flyover till Friday for biomass assesment...may be too late to keep the 50% threshold (most people I know on the water think that has been far exceeded) available....same story as last year.