State environmental officials are planning public meetings in an effort to reform New York's commercial fishing license system.
The sessions to be conducted by the Department of Environmental Conservation will be over a three-week period beginning in late July. That will allow officials to gather feedback from key stakeholders about the current system and ideas for reforms to modernize and improve it.
New York's current licensing system has evolved over the past 30 years in response to changing fish populations in state waters, and the system has become complex.
Marine fisheries consultant George LaPointe will preside at the meetings, which begin July 30 at Kingsborough County College in Brooklyn.
Monday, July 30, 6:30 PM
Kingsborough County College
Room M239, Marine Building (Lighthouse Building)
2001 Oriental Boulevard
Brooklyn New York 11235
Tuesday, July 31, 2018, 6:30 PM
Division of Marine Resources
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
205 North Belle Mead Road, Suite 1
East Setauket, New York 11737
Wednesday, August 1, 2018, 6:30 PM
Operation Splash
202 Woodcleft Avenue
Freeport, New York 11520
Thursday, August 2, 2018, 6:00 PM
Southampton Town Hall (first floor)
116 Hampton Road
Southampton, New York 11968
Monday, August 20, 2019, 6:00 PM
Staten Island Borough Hall
10 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, New York 10301
Tuesday, August 21, 2018, 6:00 PM
Suffolk County Marine Environmental Learning Center
3690 Cedar Beach Road
Southold, New York 11971
For an updated list of meeting visit the DEC website.
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