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22 July |
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The 13 May 2008 Council meeting has been cancelled.
The Council will next meet, as scheduled, on 22 July 2008 at the special time 7:00pm.
All regularly scheduled meetings of the Council are held on Tuesdays at 2:00pm at the office of the Bureau of Marine Resources, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, 205 Belle Meade Road, East Setauket, NY.
Any change in meeting dates, times or location will be posted on this Web Page. Those planning to attend a Council meeting are encouraged to check this Web Page beforehand for any such changes.
The Marine Resources Advisory Council was established by the New York State Legislature in 1987 to provide advice to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) on issues pertaining to New York’s living marine resources and the fisheries these resources sustain. The statutory duties of the council include:
The Council is comprised of fifteen members, seven representatives each from the state’s commercial and recreational fishing industries and the Dean of the Marine Sciences Research Center, MSRC (now the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, SoMAS) of Stony Brook University, or his/her designee, as chairperson. Appointments to the council are made by the DEC Commissioner. For eight of these appointments, the Commissioner acts on nominations from the Majority Leader of the New York State Senate and the Speaker of the New York State Assembly. The remaining six councilors are appointed directly by the Commissioner. Since the Council’s inception, Mr. William Wise of MSRC has served as chairman. The current membership of the Council is listed below.
| Recreational Fishery Representatives | Commercial Fishery Representatives |
| Bob Danielson, Senate nominee | John Davi, Senate nominee |
| John Renaldo, Senate nominee | Dean Yaxa, Senate nominee |
| Anthony Somma, Assembly nominee | Robert Doxsee, Assembly nominee |
| Christopher Squeri, Assembly nominee | John Mason, Assembly nominee |
| Charles Witek, Commissioner appointee | Karen Rivara, Commissioner appointee |
| James House, Commissioner appointee | Sima Freierman, Commissioner appointee |
| Melissa Dearborn, Commissioner appointee | Thomas Jordan, Commissioner appointee |
During a calendar year, the Marine Resources Advisory Council holds seven regularly-scheduled meetings: January, March, April, May, July, September, and November. These meetings are supplemented with extraordinary meetings as occasion and circumstances warrant.
In an effort to keep the public informed about the Council’s activities, deliberations, and positions, a bulletin series is produced. The bulletin briefly describes the major discussions at each of the Council’s regularly-scheduled meetings, along with any motions made during a meeting and whether the motion was adopted or not. Each issue of the bulletin also identifies the dates of the Council’s remaining regularly-scheduled meetings in that calendar year and lists the agenda items for the next Council meeting. Past issues of the Council Bulletin are available below.
For more information about the Marine Resources Advisory Council, contact chairman William Wise: wwise@notes.cc.sunysb.edu; 631/632-8656 (ph); 631/632-9441 (FAX).
For information about marine resources in New York State and the role of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in the management of these resources, visit the Bureau of Marine Resources Web Site at http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/796.html. Information on shellfish, recreational saltwater fishing, and marine habitats is available there.
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