The following are the tentative agenda items for the Council’s 15 May 2001 meeting.

• status report, winter flounder discussion group
• report, by-catch reduction subcommittee
• expanding eligibility for striped bass & fluke special commercial permits

Check the Council’s web page, http://www.msrc.sunysb.edu/MRAC/, for additional agenda items added after this bulletin is distributed. For further information about the Marine Resources Advisory Council or items covered in this bulletin, to make arrangements for addressing the Council or submitting written comments on an agenda item, or to suggest and agenda item, contact: William M. Wise, Chairman, Marine Resources Advisory Council; phone 631/632-8656; FAX 631/632-9441; wwise@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

NOTICE TO BULLETIN READERS: There is a possibility that the 15 May 2001 Council meeting will be cancelled due to current and impending vacancies on the Council. Any necessary cancellation will be posted on the Council’s Web Page, which you should check before travelling to this scheduled meeting.