November 5, 2020 — Carteret County residents with experience in fisheries have an opportunity to apply for an advisory position with an interstate fishery management council.
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, an interstate fishery management agency with jurisdiction in the federal waters 3-200 miles offshore of the southeastern states, including North Carolina, is soliciting applicants for several open seats on its dolphin wahoo advisory panel, as well as the outreach and communications advisory panel and a commercial representative on the law enforcement advisory panel. The council’s advisory panels inform and guide the council in developing and implementing federal fishery management plans.
Instructions on how to apply and application forms are available online from the council’s website, safmc.net/about-safmc/advisory-panels/. Anyone with questions may contact SAFMC public information officer Kim Iverson by email at Kim.Iverson@safmc.net or by calling 843-571-4366.