Links to join the advisory committee meetings are posted on the Marine Fisheries Commission Advisory Committees Meetings webpage.
Public comment also may be submitted by an online survey or through mail to
Draft Southern Flounder FMP Amendment 3 Comments, P.O Box 769, Morehead City,
N.C. 28557. Comments must be received by 5 p.m. on Jan. 14, 2022.
Draft Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Amendment 3 contains a suite of management options to implement
comprehensive, long-term measures to achieve sustainable harvest in the
southern flounder fishery. These include:
- Sustainable harvest
- Increased recreational harvest
- Inlet corridors
- Adaptive management
- Sector allocations
- Slot limits
- Phasing out large-mesh gill nets
A companion Decision Document, which precedes the draft amendment in the online document, provides the Division’s initial recommendations and rationale.
More
information is available on the Information on Southern Flounder Amendment 3 webpage.
The Marine Fisheries Commission is
scheduled to consider public comment and advisory committee input and select its
preferred management measures for departmental and legislative review at its
February 2022 business meeting and consider final approval of the amendment
in May 2022.
For more information contact division biologists Michael Loeffler (michael.loeffler@ncdenr.gov) at 252-381-6002 or Anne Markwith (anne.markwith@ncdenr.gov) at 910-796-7292.
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