While Atlantic states from Massachusetts through Virginia have scheduled hearings to gather public comment on Draft Addenda XXXI and XXXII to the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP), we get things started this week in New England with Connecticut on Monday, November 5 and Rhode Island on Wednesday, November 7. Massachusetts will follow later this month on November 28. The details of the New England hearings is noted below, and you can get the details on the other member states of the ASMFC HERE
November 5, 2018 at 7 PM
Connecticut Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection
DEEP Marine Headquarters
Boating Education Center, Building 3
333 Ferry Road
Old Lyme, Connecticut
Contact: Justin Davis at 860.447.4322
November 7, 2018 at 6 PM
Rhode Island Division of Fish & Wildlife
University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Campus Corless Auditorium
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, Rhode Island
Contact: Robert Ballou at 401.222.4700 ext. 4420
November 28, 2018 at 6 PM
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
Bourne Community Center, Room 2
239 Main Street
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Contact: Nichola Meserve at 617.626.1531
Interested groups are encouraged to provide input on Draft Addenda XXXI and XXXII either by attending state public hearings or providing written comment. Draft Addenda are available HERE and HERE. They can also be accessed on the Commission website http://www.asmfc.org under Public Input. Public comment will be accepted until 5:00 PM (EST) on November 29, 2018 and should be forwarded to Caitlin Starks, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, 1050 N. Highland St., Suite 200 A-N, Arlington, Virginia 22201; 703.842.0741 (fax) or at [email protected] (Subject line: Draft Addendum XXXI and XXXII Comment).
