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Titusville workshop scheduled on plan
to help recover traps from marine waters
May 22, 2007
Contact: Lee Schlesinger, (850) 487-0554
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) has scheduled a public workshop in Titusville
to get feedback on a proposed plan to help spiny lobster, stone
crab and blue crab fishers recover their traps following major
storms.
The plan would let licensed trap fishers
designate people to recover and possess their traps when the
governor and FWC declare an emergency.
The plan also would exempt local, state or
federal officials from having to get FWC approval before
removing traps, derelict traps and trap debris from areas where
trapping is prohibited.
The FWC wants to hear what people think about
the plan at the Titusville workshop, Thursday, May 31 from 6-8
p.m. at the Brevard County Government Complex, Brevard Room, 518
S. Palm Ave.
Contact Lee Schlesinger at (850) 487-0554 for
more information about the workshop.
Anyone requiring special accommodations to
participate in the workshop should advise the FWC at least five
days before the workshop by contacting Cindy Hoffman at (850)
488-6411. If you are hearing- or speech-impaired, contact the
FWC using the Florida Relay Service at (800) 955-8771 (TTY) or
(800) 955-8770 (voice).
The FWC also has held or scheduled public
workshops recently on this issue in Miami, Key Largo, Key West,
Ft. Myers, Crystal River and St. Marks. |
