The next regular Commission Meeting will be held at 9:30 AM on Thursday, October 5, 2017, at the Wildlife and Fisheries Headquarters Building located at 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA
The following items will be discussed:
1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call
4. Adoption of September 7, 2017 Commission Meeting Minutes
5. Commission Special Announcements / Personal Privilege
6. Enforcement Report September 2017 – Captain Edward Skena
7. Receive One Health presentation – Dr. Rusty Berry, DVM, Wildlife Veterinarian
8. Receive public outreach update for the cervid carcass import regulation – Johnathan Bordelon, Deer Program Manager
9. Presentation of proposed Sterlet aquaculture facility – Liz Knecht, Ledet’s Louisiana Seafood
10. Receive public comment on the NOI to add Sterlet Sturgeon as a Domesticated Aquatic Organism and Consider Proceeding with Final Rulemaking – Rob Bourgeois, Fisheries Biologist
11. Receive and consider a Notice of Intent to modify Blue Crab Harvest Regulations – Peyton Cagle, Fisheries Biologist
12. Receive and consider a Notice of Intent on the 2018 Derelict Crab Trap Removal Program – Peyton Cagle, Fisheries Biologist
13. Receive and consider a presentation on the 2017 recreational season for Red Snapper in state and Federal Waters and Consider a Declaration of Emergency to re-open state water recreational Red Snapper season – Jason Adriance, Fisheries Biologist
14. Set February 2018 Commission Meeting Date
15. Receive Public Comments
16. Adjournment
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