ARLINGTON, Va. — March 6, 2013 — The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section will meet via conference call on Friday, March 8, 2013 at 10 am to review preliminary landings data and catch composition.
The Section will consider modifying the number of landing days in fishery as well as the timing of the fishery’s closure. The public is welcome to listen in on the discussion by phone (888.394.8197; passcode 815277). Time permitting, there will be a limited opportunity to provide comments at the end of the agenda. The Section Chair will provide additional information on the procedures for accepting public comment at the beginning of the conference call. We ask the public and other nonparticipating attendees to please mute their phones in order to minimize distractions to the Section’s deliberations. For more information, please contact Kate Taylor, Senior Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at ktaylor@asmfc.org or 703.842.0740.