Present: Douglas Carter, John Seiders, Larry Knapp, Ira Pinkham, Gary Snowman, Tyler Hodgdon, John Tarbox, Mark Cheney, Richard Tonry, Amber Tonry, Darryl Grover, Meredith Mendelson, Carl Wilson, Sarah Cotnoir and Sgt. Rene Cloutier

The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Chair Larry Knapp

The minutes from the last two Zone E meetings in May and February were approved.

Discussion of change in Bylaws – talked about Section 7, voted to change, unanimous.

DMR Update – Report and update with Carl Wilson. Lobster Advisory Council – allowing F & G fishermen to fish outside 12 mile line/winter fishing only. Discussion on effort – moratorium on all licenses, freeze all students, recreational licenses and new fishermen working up in trap limit; make the ratio as high as we can. Zone E thinks the Effort Questionnaire is too broad.

Ask Commissioner Lapointe to make a change in time of day - that in Zone E - no Sunday fishing all year. One waiting list for all soon to be lobstermen.

Vote on exit ratio using tags; Limited Entry Survey approved to go by tags instead of license, voted to use 5:1 exit ratio using tags, unanimous.

Restrict student license - Motion to send survey to Zone E fishermen on Student Waiting List, unanimous.

Discussion on double tagging in Zone E; 2 yes, 2 no and the rest are unsure.

Lower Limit of Licenses – 30% of 1997 tags, voted unanimous by Zone E.

Seed Fund – Motion for money to be used for Carl Wilson’s research program, approved.

Meeting was adjourned at 9:10 pm.

Minutes by Ira Pinkham