Maine Lobster Zone B Council Meeting Agenda, June 20, 2006

Zone B Meeting
Lobster Zone Council
Mount Desert Island High School Library
June 20, 2006
6:00 p.m.

1. Introductions

2. Approval of Meeting Minutes

3. Reports - Lobster Advisory Council Update – Handouts A & B
- DMR Updates
- District Representatives – reports from each district

4. New Business - Cucumber Boats
- Seed Lobster Fund
- In Shore Trawl Survey (9-11-06)

5. Old Business - Continued Effort Discussion – Handouts C-J

6. Open Discussion

7. Next Meeting Date Set

 

Handouts

a. Lobster Advisory Council Meeting Minutes – March 27, 2006
b. Lobster Advisory Council Meeting Minutes – November 29, 2005
c. Background Sheet for LAC Discussion on Effort Issues Facing Maine’s Lobster Fishery (Updated May 2006)
d. Draft Trap Tag Replacement Policy Revisions – March 2006
e. Latent Lobster and Crab Fishing Licenses – Issue Summary – April 2006
f. Trap Tags Versus Licenses as Method for Determining Exit/Entry Ratios – April 2006
g. Tiered Lobster License – April 2006
h. Phase in of 600-Trap Limit for New Entrants in Lobster Fishery – April 2006
i. Changes to Student Entry into the Commercial Fishery – May 2006
j. Lobster Zone License and Trap Tag Annual Summary as of May 25, 2006