NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

March 14, 2008
Vol. 38, No. 96

For further information, contact Roy Miller, Fisheries, 302-739-9914, or Joanna C. Wilson, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902. 

Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries to Meet March 19 in Dover 

            The Advisory Council on Tidal Finfisheries will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 19 in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control auditorium, Richardson and Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover.

            The agenda will include the following items:

• Update on Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s plans for shark management
• Brief updates on new regulations for tautog, river herring and summer flounder                                     
• Update on striped bass recreational limits
• Update on special management zone status of reefs
• Brief description of American shad population status in Delaware River
• Research set-asides

For further information, please contact Fisheries, 302-739-9914.