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February 6, 2008

Proposed changes would affect fishermen

Proposed changes to state’s marine fisheries regulations would affect monkfish, menhaden, striped bass, and scup and, both commercial and recreational fishermen.

The Department of Environmental Management today announced it’s holding a public hearing Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. to answer questions and get input from stakeholders.

Interested parties can attend the hearing, at the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus Corless Auditorium, or submit written comments by no later than noon on the day of the hearing, to DEM’s Division of Fish and Wildlife, 3 Fort Wetherill Road, Jamestown, R.I., 02835.

The proposals would affect the commercial tautog quota management plan; the recreational tautog management plan; the commercial scup quota management plan; the commercial striped bass quota management plan; the R.I. menhaden regulations; and the R.I. monkfish regulations

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 1:48 PM | Permalink

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