Virginia Recreational Fishing Advisory Board November 2007 Meeting
MEETING NOTICE
Virginia Recreational Fishing Advisory Board
Virginia Marine Resources Commission
Monday, November 5, 2007
5:30 p.m. (Work Session) and 7:00 p.m. (Final Recommendations)
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, November 5, 2007, at 5:30 p.m. and 7:00
p.m., at the Virginia Marine Resource 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-mail to: sonya.davis@mrc.virginia.gov.
On November 27, 2007 the Recreational Fishing Advisory Board recommendations, on projects to be funded, will be presented to the Commission. Complete project proposals and additional information are available on the
Internet at http://www.mrc.virginia.gov/vsrfdf/index.shtm.
Tentative Agenda
I. Introduction, Announcements, and Comments.
II. Status of Fund.
III. Review of Minutes from the September 2007 RFAB
Meeting.
IV. Multi-Year Projects for Renewal.
A) 2008 Children’s Fishing Clinic (Year 11). Rob Cowling, Newport News Rotary Club
and Coastal Conservation Association-Peninsula. $6,000.
B) 2008 Kiwanis Club Children’s Fishing Clinic (Year 7). Wesley Brown, Capital
District Kiwanis Club. $6,000.
C) 2008 Virginia Game Fish Tagging (Year 14). Jon Lucy, VIMS and Lewis
Gillingham, VMRC. $73,093.
D) Federal Assistance (Wallop-Breaux) Matching Funds FY 2008. Jack Travelstead,
VMRC. $283,512.
E) Sheepshead Population Dynamics in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia (Year 3). H. Liao, J.
Ballenger, C. Jones, ODURF. $67,206.
F) Wishart’s Point Landing. Stewart Hall, County of Accomack. $275,000.
(RF# 03-05: $25,000 Engineering Study)
V. New Projects.
G) 2008 Youth Developmental “Hooked on Fishing” Adventure (Year 1). A. Fisher, R.
Lockhart, Virginia Charter Boat Association. $6,780.
H) Saxis Fishing Pier Expansion. Charles Tull, Mayor, Town of Saxis. $173,151.
I) Pilot Study: Application of pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) to assess postrelease survival, habitat utilization and short term movement of striped bass in
Virginia’s winter recreational fishery. J. Graves, R. Latour, A. Horodysky, VIMS.
$71,371.
J) Improving stock assessment of weakfish (Cynoscion regalis). Dr. Yan Jiao, Dr. Don
Orth, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and Rob O’Reilly, VMRC.
$87,194.
K) Reef Monitoring Equipment Support for VMRC’s Fisheries Management Division.
M. Meier, J. Grist, VMRC. $42,964 Amended to $72,964.
L) Adult Red Drum Population Structure Study. Joe Grist, VMRC. $20,390.
VI. Tentative Dates for First Cycle 2008 RFAB Meetings.
(Proposal Applications due Monday, December 17, 2007 by 5:00 p.m.)
Applicants (7 p.m.) - January 14
Public Hearing (7 p.m.) - March 10
Work Session (5:30 p.m.) & Final Recommendations (7 p.m.) - May 12
VMRC DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGANST INDIVIUALS WITH DISABILITIES; THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS DUE TO A DISABILITY, PLEASE ADVISE SONYA DAVIS 757-247-8155, NO LESS THAN 5 WORK DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING TIME AND IDENTIFY YOUR NEEDS.
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