Marine Fisheries Commission Meetings
Meetings Overview
The MFC typically holds four business meetings a year, but may hold additional meetings if necessary. Three of the annual meetings are held in the coastal regions, with the fourth typically held in a central location. For the commission to conduct business there must be at least five of the nine members present, with at least one recreational member and one commercial member.
How to Participate
All MFC meetings are open to the public. You may attend in person, when possible, or virtually online. To provide comments for MFC consideration, you may complete the online form, submit comments by U.S. Mail or you may register to speak during the public comment period during the meeting. Please see the Meeting Materials and Details section below for more information on how to participate.
Upcoming Meeting Information
The Marine Fisheries Commission will meet May 21-23, 2025 at the Beaufort Hotel in Beaufort, North Carolina. The address for the venue is:
Beaufort Hotel
2440 Lennoxville Rd
Beaufort, NC 28516
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21; at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 22; and at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 23. Public comment sessions will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, and at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 22.
Meeting Agenda Overview
May 21, 2025
- Public Comment Period
May 22, 2025
- Public Comment Period
- Preliminary Matters
- Chairman's Report
- Director's Report
- Economic Analysis for Fisheries Management
- Rulemaking
- 2023-2024 Rulemaking Cycle Update
- 2024-2025 Rulemaking Cycle Update
- 2025-2026 Rulemaking Cycle
- Vote on Notice of Text for Rulemaking for amendment of 15A NCAC 03I .0101, .0114, 03O .0501-.0503 for Permit-Related Rules **
- Vote on Notice of Text for Rulemaking for amendment of 15A NCAC 03I .0101, 03O .0201, .0207, .0208, .0210 for Franchises and Shellfish Leases **
- Fishery Management Plans
- Central Southern Management Area Striped Bass (Decision Document)
- Spotted Seatrout Cold Stun Information Update
- Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan Amendment 3 Adaptive Management (Decision Document)
- Eastern Oyster Fishery Management Plan Amendment 5 (Decision Document)
- Vote on Final Adoption of Amendment 5 **
- Hard Clam Fishery Management Plan Amendment 3 (Decision Document)
- Vote on Final Adoption of Amendment 5 **
May 23, 2025
- Fishery Management Plans
- Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Amendment 4 (Memo)
- Review public comment and AC recommendations
- Select preferred management options **
- Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Amendment 5 (Memo)
- Scoping period overview
- Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Amendment 4 (Memo)
- Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
- Economic valuation of fisheries production enhancement from seagrass in a temperate estuary
- Dynamics of fish-habitat relationships in NC seagrass meadows
- Issues from Commissioners
- Meeting Assignments and Preview of Agenda Items for Next Meeting
The Marine Fisheries Commission is tentatively scheduled to meet August 20-22, 2025.
The Marine Fisheries Commission is tentatively scheduled to meet November 19-21, 2025.