The Commission on Marine Resources will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Bay St. Louis. The meeting will be held at the Hancock County Board of Supervisors’ board room, 854 Highway 90, Suite A. The building is across the street from Hancock Medical Center.
Here’s the agenda:
1.Oath of Office administered to new Commissioner Ernie Zimmerman – Norma Jean Soroe, CSR
B. Approval of Minutes Commission Meeting – October 15, 2013 – Action Item
C. Approval of Agenda – Chairman – Action Item
D. Executive Director’s Report
E. OFFICE OF MARINE PATROL – Interim Chief Rusty Pittman
1.Report on Citations
F. OFFICE OF MARINE FISHERIES – Joe Jewell
1. Red Drum Update – Matt Hill
2. Oyster Season Update – Scott Gordon
3. State Records – Erick Porche – Action Item
Conventional Tackle
a)Gray Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) 11 lbs. 3.96 oz. – Cecily O’Brien
b)Spotfin Hogfish (Bodianus pulchellus) 12.64 oz. – Hyler Krebs
Fly-Fishing Tackle
a)Dolphin (Coryphaena hipppurus) 9 lbs. 7.88 oz. – Reed Guice
b)Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) 26 lbs. 9 oz. – Doug Borries
G. OFFICE OF COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT – Jan Boyd
1.Bureau of Wetlands Permitting
a)Mississippi Development Authority – Informational update on MDA’s request for a Coastal Zone Consistency determination for the State of Mississippi Offshore Leasing Rules and Regulations and the State of Mississippi Offshore Seismic Permitting Rules and Regulations – Jan Boyd
b)Carolyn L. Corley – Applicant is requesting after-the-fact authorization for an unauthorized boathouse that extends more than 25% across the width of the waterway, approval for a proposed breakwater and dredging – Violation/After-The-Fact Waiver – Chris Pickering – Action Item
c)Chris Jean – The Applicant is seeking authorization to construct an access pier, a boathouse, and a fishing deck. The shading of the terminal structure, not including the access pier, is 1,768 square feet – Permit – Jennifer Wilder – Action Item
H. OFFICE OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
1.FY14 Monthly Report – Bill Feidt
I. Directorate
1. Public Affairs – Melissa Scallan
J. Other Business
K. Public Comments