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Fishery Management in Rhode Island
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All meetings are free and open to the public. Click here for directions January
5, 2001, 2:00 PM, Coastal Institute Hazard
AB Conference Room, URI Narragansett Bay Campus. Peter August
invited a small group from the fisheries and management community
to comment on a process that would review current state of commercial
licensing in RI and identify the licensing options before us. Saturday,
January 27, 2001, 1:00 PM, Corless Auditorium, URI Narragansett
Bay Campus. Topic -- Introduce forum review current state of
commercial licensing in RI, identify goals and objectives of fishery
management program. Thursday, February 8, 6:00 - 9:00 PM , Corless Auditorium, URI Narragansett Bay Campus. Topics -- (1) Overview of the current state of fisheries in RI (organized by Mark Gibson RIDEM & Jeremy Collie, URI GSO) and (2) review of the regulatory landscape for commercial fishing (organized by D. Nixon URI & D. Borden, DEM).  Click
here
for M. Gibson's Presentation, Click here
for D. Nixon's presentation, click here
for J. Collie's presentation, click here
for D. Borden's presentation. Click here
for notes of the whole meeting.
Saturday,
February 17, 1:00 - 5:00 PM, Corless Auditorium, URI Narragansett
Bay Campus. Topic -- Licensing Schemes in the South Atlantic
Region. Speakers are: Roy Williams, Assistant Director of
the Florida Division of Marine Fisheries. Anthony Iarocci,
a member of Florida's fishing industry and the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council. Dr. Kathi Kitner, staff member of the
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Thursday,
March 1, 6:00 - 9:00 PM, Corless Auditorium, URI Narragansett
Bay Campus. Topic -- Review of technologies used in commercial
licensing (organized by R. Boragine and N. Lazar). Discussion of
potential licensing options for commercial fishing in RI and the
strengths and weaknesses of these options. Thursday,
March 8, 6:00 - 9:00 PM, Corless Auditorium, URI Narragansett
Bay Campus. Topic -- Continuation of discussion of potential
licensing options for commercial fishing in RI and the strengths
and weaknesses of these options . Saturday,
March 31, 1:00 - 5:00 PM, Corless Auditorium, URI Narragansett
Bay Campus. Topic -- Continuation of discussion of potential
licensing options for commercial fishing in RI and the strengths
and weaknesses of these options. Saturday,
April 7, 1:00 - 4:00 PM, , Corless Auditorium, URI Narragansett
Bay Campus. Topic -- Finalize license options and convey to Intergovernmental
Fisheries Task Force. Friday, May 11, 2:00 PM, Corless Auditorium, URI Narragansett Bay Campus. Topic -- Discussion of best way to approach comprehensive long-term review of fisheries management in RI.
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