MEETING NOTICE
Virginia Recreational Fishing Advisory Board
Virginia Marine Resources Commission
Monday, July 14, 2008
7:00 p.m.
The Virginia Recreational Fishing Advisory Board (RFAB) will meet to review the projects, listed
below, which are currently under consideration for funding from the Virginia Saltwater
Recreational Fishing Development Fund (saltwater recreational fishing license funds). The
meetings, on these proposals, will be held on Monday, July 14, 2008, 7:00 p.m., at the Virginia
Marine Resources Commission, 2600 Washington Avenue, Fourth Floor, Newport News. Written
comments, on the proposals, should be mailed to: Sonya Davis, VMRC Fisheries Management
Division, 2600 Washington Avenue, 3
rd Floor, Newport News, VA 23607 or E-mailed to:
sonya.davis@mrc.virginia.gov
available on the Internet at
A special Work Session meeting will be added on July 14, 2008, 5:30 p.m., to discuss suggested
changes to the RFAB/VSRFDF guidelines. Suggestions will be posted on the VSRFDF website.
Additional suggestions may be E-mailed to:
telephone (757-247-8155). This meeting is open to the public, however, due to space limitations,
you must notify Sonya Davis of your intent to attend one week prior to the meeting.
. Complete project proposals and additional information arehttp://www.mrc.virginia.gov/vsrfdf/index.shtm.sonya.davis@mrc.virginia.gov or provided by
Tentative Agenda
I. Introduction, Announcements, Comments.
II. Status of Fund.
III. Review of Minutes from the May 2008 RFAB Meeting.
IV. Multi-Year Projects for Renewal.
A) 2009 Children's Fishing Clinic (Year 12). Rob Cowling, Newport News Rotary Club
and Coastal Conservation Association-Peninsula.
B) 2009 Kiwanis Club Children's Fishing Clinic (Year 8). Wesley Brown, Capital District
Kiwanis Club.
C) Federal Assistance (Wallop-Breaux) Matching Funds FY 2009. Jack Travelstead,
VMRC
D) Improving Stock Assessment of Weakfish (
Orth, VPI & SU, and R. O’Reilly, VMRC.
E) 2009 Virginia Game Fish Tagging (Year 15). J. Lucy, VIMS and L. Gillingham,
VMRC.
V. New Projects.
F) Migrations of Adult Summer Flounder from Chesapeake Bay: Implications for Stock
Structure. M. Fabrizio, M. Henderson, VIMS.
G) Use of Pop-Up Satellite Archival Tags (PSATs) to Determine the Fate, Movements,
and Habitat Utilization of Red Drum Released from Virginia's Recreational Fishery. J.
Graves, A. Horodysky, J. Lucy, VIMS.
H) Seasonal Caloric Needs and Energy Intake of Chesapeake Bay's Predatory Fishes:
Which Prey Fuel Growth and Reproduction? A. Horodysky, R. Latour, VIMS.
$6,000.$6,000.. $321,820.Cynoscion regalis) – Year 2. Y. Jiao, D.$130,876.$86,698.$83,605.$93,569.
$40,060
VI. Budget and Work Objective Modifications for Two Proposals Reviewed during the
Previous RFAB Review Cycle.
I) Performance of Artificial Fish Reef Types: Concrete Modules, Reef Ball and
Materials-of-Opportunity Reefs. Rom Lipcius, VIMS.
J) Habitat Suitability for Artificial Recreational Fish Reefs. Rochelle Seitz, VIMS.
.$68,024.
$44,244
VII. Dates for Future Second Cycle 2008 RFAB Meetings.
Public Hearing (7 p.m.) September 8
Work Session (5:30 p.m.) & Final Recommendations (7 p.m.) November 10
VMRC DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGANST INDIVIUALS WITH DISABILITIES;
THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS DUE TO A
DISABILITY, PLEASE ADVISE SONYA DAVIS 757-247-8155, NO LESS THAN 5 WORK
DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING TIME AND IDENTIFY YOUR NEEDS.
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