DCTF Executive Committee Meeting Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 12:00pm

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 12:00pm
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Field Office
5355 Skylane Blvd., Suite B, Santa Rosa, CA 95403

Call-in #: 1-218-844-1930
Participant Code for Public and Non-Executive Committee DCTF Members: 7927150

Meeting Agenda

Goal of the Executive Committee (EC) Meeting: To discuss options for ensuring the long-term functioning of a California lost fishing gear retrieval program and potentially develop proposals or a preferred option to share with the California Dungeness Crab Task Force (DCTF).

1. Welcome, introductions, agenda overview

2. Informational updates on topics including, but not limited to, outcomes of the August 20, 2015 whale entanglement discussion and use of high-intensity work-lights by commercial fishing vessels.

3. Discuss options for ensuring the long-term functioning of a California lost fishing gear retrieval program and potentially develop recommendations to share with the DCTF for consideration.

4. General public comment

5. Adjourn

Agenda items may be taken out of order at the discretion of the DCTF Administrative Team (Admin Team).

* Public Participation and Comment: All members of the public, including non-EC DCTF members, will be automatically placed on mute upon entering the call. Phone lines will be unmuted during the public comment periods. To help reduce background noise when the phone lines are open, please put your individual phone on mute. If your phone does not have a mute button, hit *6 on your keypad to mute yourself. When the Admin Team opens the call to public comment, you may press *6 to unmute yourself if you wish to speak.

Meeting materials will be posted to the DCTF website as they are available. A meeting summary will be made available via the DCTF website.

Questions about the meeting or agenda can be directed to info@dungenesscrabtaskforce.com or 805-845-9852. Any person who has a disability and requires reasonable accommodation to participate in this DCTF meeting should contact Rachelle Fisher (rachelle@strategicearth.com or 805-845-9852) no later than five days prior to meeting.

For more information about the DCTF please visit the DCTF website at https://opc.ca.gov/2009/04/dungeness-crab-task-force/