The following are the tentative agenda items for the Council’s 19 March 2002 meeting:

• Update, Council subcommittee of fluke/striped bass permits
• DEC marine program funding/program needs & creation/charge to funding support subcommittee
• Commercial licensing issues & charge to joint DEC/Council work group
• Special Management Area (SMA) regulations
• Proposed changes to marine finfish/crustacean regulations
  
  
  • scup (recreational + mesh size)
  • fluke (recreational)
  • commercial fish pot tagging
  • lobster gauge & escape vent sizes
  • lobster/crab reporting requirements

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 on an agenda item or submitting written comments on an agenda item, or to suggest an agenda item, contact: William M. Wise, Chairman, Marine Resources Advisory Council; phone 631/632-8656; FAX 631/632-9441; wwise@notes.cc.sunysb.edu