NEWPORT,
Ore – The
Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife
Crab Pot Buoy Tag
Replacement Advisory
Board will meet
via conference
call at 10:30 a.m.
to noon Tuesday,
Feb. 20 to consider
a request.
The
Advisory Board
will consider
a request by David
Hazen for replacement
buoy tags. The
Advisory Board
then makes a
recommendation
to the director
on whether the
loss of the pots
was due to an
extraordinary
event and could
have been avoided
with the exercise
of reasonable
diligence.
The
board is made up
of Chuck Thompson,
of Warrenton; Paul
Heikkila, of Coquille;
Tom McAdams, of
Newport, and Frank
Tarabochia, of
Astoria. It was
formed to advise
the ODFW director
regarding commercial
crab pot buoy tag
replacement requests
for unavoidable
loss due to an
extraordinary event.
Although the board
currently consists
of four members,
the ODFW director
can appoint up
to five.
The
public may listen
to the call at
the Marine Resources
Program office
conference room
at 2040 SE Marine
Science Drive,
Newport. For
more information
please contact
Cyreis Schmitt
or Mitch Vance
at (541) 867-4741.
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