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Virginia Recreational Fishing Advisory Board Meeting Notice
By Virginia Marine Resources Commission Published: July 1, 2008  Print  EmailVirginia Recreational Fishing Advisory Board The Virginia Recreational Fishing Advisory Board (RFAB) will meet to review the projects, listed below, which are currently under consideration for funding from the Virginia Saltwater Recreational Fishing Development Fund (saltwater recreational fishing license funds). The meetings, on these proposals, will be held on Monday, July 14, 2008, 7:00 p.m., at the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, 2600 Washington Avenue, Fourth Floor, Newport News. Written comments, on the proposals, should be mailed to: Sonya Davis, VMRC Fisheries Management Division, 2600 Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor, Newport News, VA 23607 or E-mailed to: sonya.davis@mrc.virginia.gov. Complete project proposals and additional information are available on the Internet at http://www.mrc.virginia.gov/vsrfdf/index.shtm. A special Work Session meeting will be added on July 14, 2008, 5:30 p.m., to discuss suggested changes to the RFAB/VSRFDF guidelines. Suggestions will be posted on the VSRFDF website. Additional suggestions may be E-mailed to: sonya.davis@mrc.virginia.gov or provided by telephone (757-247-8155). This meeting is open to the public, however, due to space limitations, you must notify Sonya Davis of your intent to attend one week prior to the meeting. Tentative Agenda I. Introduction, Announcements, Comments. II. Status of Fund. III. Review of Minutes from the May 2008 RFAB Meeting. IV. Multi-Year Projects for Renewal. A) 2009 Children's Fishing Clinic (Year 12). Rob Cowling, Newport News Rotary Club and Coastal Conservation Association-Peninsula. $6,000. B) 2009 Kiwanis Club Children's Fishing Clinic (Year 8). Wesley Brown, Capital District Kiwanis Club. $6,000. C) Federal Assistance (Wallop-Breaux) Matching Funds FY 2009. Jack Travelstead, VMRC. $321,820. D) Improving Stock Assessment of Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) – Year 2. Y. Jiao, D. Orth, VPI & SU, and R. O’Reilly, VMRC. $130,876. E) 2009 Virginia Game Fish Tagging (Year 15). J. Lucy, VIMS and L. Gillingham, VMRC. $86,698. V. New Projects. F) Migrations of Adult Summer Flounder from Chesapeake Bay: Implications for Stock Structure. M. Fabrizio, M. Henderson, VIMS. $83,605. G) Use of Pop-Up Satellite Archival Tags (PSATs) to Determine the Fate, Movements, and Habitat Utilization of Red Drum Released from Virginia's Recreational Fishery. J. Graves, A. Horodysky, J. Lucy, VIMS. $93,569. H) Seasonal Caloric Needs and Energy Intake of Chesapeake Bay's Predatory Fishes: Which Prey Fuel Growth and Reproduction? A. Horodysky, R. Latour, VIMS. $40,060. VI. Budget and Work Objective Modifications for Two Proposals Reviewed during the Previous RFAB Review Cycle. I) Performance of Artificial Fish Reef Types: Concrete Modules, Reef Ball and Materials-of-Opportunity Reefs. Rom Lipcius, VIMS. $68,024. J) Habitat Suitability for Artificial Recreational Fish Reefs. Rochelle Seitz, VIMS. $44,244. VII. Dates for Future Second Cycle 2008 RFAB Meetings. View Comments (0) |
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