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A meeting of Rhode Island's ASMFC Commissioners will be held on Thursday, July 31 at 4 pm in the Large Conference Room in the Coastal Institute Building at the URI Bay Campus in Narragansett. The purpose of the meeting is to review and discuss the agenda for the upcoming August 5-7 ASMFC meeting in Alexandria, VA. Anyone may attend and offer input on the agenda items. The agenda for the ASMFC meeting, in outline form, is available on the ASMFC's website:
http://www.asmfc.org/home/2014-summer-meeting. A more detailed agenda will likely be posted at that link within the next week or so. Key issues expected to be on the agenda include:
Eels
Final approval of Draft Addendum IV (see ASMFC website for draft)
Striped Bass
Approval of Draft Addendum IV for Public Comment (involving changes to the fishing mortality reference points and potential management options to reduce fishing mortality to a level that is at or below the target)
Spiny Dogfish
RI proposal to allow increased daily/weekly possession limits (pending)
Fluke
Review and development of scoping document for proposed Amendment to Fluke FMP (Joint Mid-Atlantic Council/ASMFC Plan)
For further information, contact Bob Ballou at
Robert.Ballou@dem.ri.gov
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