January Coastal Scoping Meetings to Cover Flounder, Shark, Reef Fish, Kayak Guide Proposals
DICKINSON, Texas - The Coastal Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host a series of five public scoping meetings Jan. 6-15 in various communities to discuss potential changes to Texas fishery regulations.
At the meetings TPWD will be scoping several items for the upcoming 2009 statewide hunting and fishing proclamation process. The department is considering changes in the current flounder, shark and reef fish regulations. Also, TPWD will present a new, simpler process to obtain a kayak guide’s license.
All interested parties are invited to attend any of the meetings listed below, learn about the proposals and provide public comments. All meetings will begin at 6 p.m.
Anyone may also comment online via the TPWD Public Comment Web page (http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/business/feedback/public_comment), where brief summaries of the proposals are provided.
After the January coastal scoping meetings to get initial public input, a series of formal statewide public hearings on revised TPWD regulatory proposals involving fisheries, wildlife, state parks and all other topics will be held across Texas in spring 2009. Final decisions about proposed regulations will be made by the TPW Commission at its March 25-26 public meeting.
TPWD Coastal Fisheries Scoping Meetings:
January 6, 2009
Port Arthur Public Library
Gallery Room
4615 9th Avenue
Port Arthur, TX
January 7, 2009
TPWD Dickinson Marine Lab
1502 Pine Street (FM 517 E)
Dickinson, TX
January 8, 2009
Calhoun County Extension Service
Auditorium
186 County Road 101
Port Lavaca, TX
January 14, 2009
Aransas County Courtroom
301 N. Live Oak
Rockport, TX
January 15, 2009
Port Isabel High School, Lecture Hall
101 Port Road
Port Isabel, TX
For more information, contact the following staff members of TPWD's Coastal Fisheries Division:
Tonya Wiley
Fisheries Outreach Specialist, Upper Texas Coast Dickinson Marine Lab
281-534-0131
tonya.wiley@tpwd.state.tx.us
Art Morris
Fisheries Outreach Specialist, Lower Texas Coast Corpus Christi Field Station
361-825-3356
art.morris@tpwd.state.tx.us
