December 6, 2012 — Interested parties are invited to attend, or listen to via webinar, the December 14, 2012 meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Menhaden Management Board, beginning at 8:30 AM at the Best Western Plus Hotel and Conference Center, Chesapeake Room, 5625 O’Donnell Street, Baltimore, Maryland. The Business Session of the Commission will meet immediately following the Atlantic Menhaden Board meeting to consider final approval of Amendment 2. Please note that since the Commission has already sought public comment on the main agenda items for the meeting (with 128,333 comments received and 13 public hearings held from Maine through North Carolina), there will be limited opportunity for public comment at the meeting. Public comment may be accepted at the meeting on issues that were not addressed during the public comment process or items that are not on the agenda.
The webinar will be activated beginning 8:30 AM and will end at approximately 5 PM EST. The webinar will allow registrants to listen to the Board deliberations and view presentations and motions as they occur. No comments or questions will be accepted via the webinar. Should technical difficulties arise with streaming the broadcast, the Board will continue its deliberations without interruption. We will attempt to resume the broadcast as soon as possible.
View the meeting materials here