Source: NCDENR, 12/12/16

The Shrimp Bycatch Reduction Industry Workgroup will meet at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 9 at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center, located at 203 S. Front St. in New Bern.

The committee will receive an update on 2016 testing of bycatch reduction gears and prioritize new gears for field tests in 2017. A full agenda can be found here.

For more information, contact Kevin Brown, gear development biologist with the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, at 252 808 8089 or Kevin.H.Brown@ncdenr.gov.