The Council's Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Advisory Panel (AP) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 7491-A New Ridge Road, Hanover, MD, (410) 878-7200.

The purpose of this meeting is for the AP to provide input to the Council on the development of written Council policy on fishing activities that may impact fish habitat. These policies are intended to enable the Council to work more effectively to address fish habitat and ecosystem issues in our region.

Meeting Materials

• Agenda
• Fishing Impacts – Draft Background Document
• Fishing Impacts – Draft Council Policy
• Questions and Issues Re. Process, Draft Policy, and Background Document

These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities.  Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.