The Marine Fisheries Commission will meet May 21-23, 2025 at the Beaufort Hotel in Beaufort, North Carolina. The address for the venue is:
Beaufort Hotel
2440 Lennoxville Rd
Beaufort, NC 28516
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21; at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 22; and at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 23. Public comment sessions will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, and at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 22.
Meeting Agenda Overview
May 21, 2025
- Public Comment Period
May 22, 2025
- Public Comment Period
- Preliminary Matters
- Chairman's Report
- Director's Report
- Economic Analysis for Fisheries Management
- Rulemaking
- 2023-2024 Rulemaking Cycle Update
- 2024-2025 Rulemaking Cycle Update
- 2025-2026 Rulemaking Cycle
- Vote on Notice of Text for Rulemaking for amendment of 15A NCAC 03I .0101, .0114, 03O .0501-.0503 for Permit-Related Rules **
- Vote on Notice of Text for Rulemaking for amendment of 15A NCAC 03I .0101, 03O .0201, .0207, .0208, .0210 for Franchises and Shellfish Leases **
- Fishery Management Plans
- Central Southern Management Area Striped Bass (Decision Document)
- Spotted Seatrout Cold Stun Information Update
- Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan Amendment 3 Adaptive Management (Decision Document)
- Eastern Oyster Fishery Management Plan Amendment 5 (Decision Document)
- Vote on Final Adoption of Amendment 5 **
- Hard Clam Fishery Management Plan Amendment 3 (Decision Document)
- Vote on Final Adoption of Amendment 5 **
May 23, 2025
- Fishery Management Plans
- Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Amendment 4 (Memo)
- Review public comment and AC recommendations
- Select preferred management options **
- Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Amendment 5 (Memo)
- Scoping period overview
- Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Amendment 4 (Memo)
- Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
- Economic valuation of fisheries production enhancement from seagrass in a temperate estuary
- Dynamics of fish-habitat relationships in NC seagrass meadows
- Issues from Commissioners
- Meeting Assignments and Preview of Agenda Items for Next Meeting