North Carolina candidates for the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will be selected next week during a meeting of the state Marine Fisheries Commission Nominating Committee.
The committee is scheduled to meet by webinar at 5 p.m. Oct. 20.
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The Mid-Atlantic Council consists of 21 voting members, including a federal representative, constituent states’ fish and wildlife agencies, and 13 private citizens with knowledge about recreational or commercial fishing, or marine conservation. The council also includes four nonvoting members who represent the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of State, and Coast Guard.
The Mid-Atlantic Council develops fishery management plans, sets annual catch limits and management measures, develops research priorities, and conducts public hearings and gathers public input on proposed management actions for fisheries within the region.
Candidates the committee recommends will be forwarded to the full commission at its Nov. 19-20 business meeting scheduled to be held in Wrightsville Beach.
A listening location will be provided at the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Central District Office on Arendell Street in Morehead City.
