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The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission is set to consider limits on shellfish lease acreage in identified high-use areas when it meets later this month.
The public may listen to the meetings 9 a.m. each day, Feb. 25-26, by phone or listen and view presentations online.
The commission agreed in August 2020 to ask the state Division of Marine Fisheries to study the concentration of shellfish leases in given water bodies and bring recommendations on potential user conflicts to the February meeting.
“Shellfish leases can often conflict with public trust uses, which makes balancing these issues and determining compatibility challenging and somewhat subjective,” according to division documents. “A multifaceted approach is required to address user conflict issues related to shellfish leases in North Carolina.”