NEWS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
March 11, 2007
Vol. 38, No. 92
For more information, contact Roy Miller, 302-739-9914, or Rick Cole, 302-739-4782, Fisheries, or Joanna C. Wilson, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.
Oyster Fishery to Be Discussed at March 13 Public Workshop
The DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife will hold a public workshop on the status of the Delaware oyster fishery at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 13 in the DNREC Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, Dover. The workshop will be followed by the regularly scheduled Shellfish Advisory Council meeting at 7 p.m.
Division staff will present information from the annual October oyster bed survey and answer questions from the public about the survey results. Staff recommendations regarding annual quota, harvest season dates and approved harvesting areas for the 2008 season will be presented for public review and comment.
Time permitting, the workshop will also include review and discussion of potential projects that may begin in 2008 as part of DNREC’s oyster bed revitalization effort. Public input will be solicited to assist the staff in formalizing options for selecting future shell planting sites as part of the revitalization work.
The Council’s agenda will include the following:
- Update on the status of regulations requiring that one crab pot color code be used per vessel and oyster bag tagging
- Update on plans for shell planting on oyster seed beds in 2008
- Requirements for entry into blue crab pot fishery, fish pot fishery
- Update on horseshoe crab harvest regulations for 2008 in Delaware and New Jersey and final harvest figures for 2007
- Topics for June 26 meeting and solicit interest for nomination to fill Council vacancy
For more information, please contact Fisheries at 302-739-9914.
