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Fish & Boat Commission to Hold 100th
Business Meeting
Evening Program Features Fly-Fishing Heritage
HARRISBURG, PA –
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) will hold its 100th
quarterly meeting on January 30-31 at its Harrisburg office.
Commission committees
will meet beginning at 10:10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, and again at 8 a.m.
on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Formal consideration of the agenda by the full
Commission will begin at approximately 10:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
All committee meetings and the formal meeting are open to the public.
In addition to the
regular business meeting, the PFBC will host a free fly-fishing program
on Monday night from 6 - 9 p.m. at the Harrisburg office. Participants
will meet leaders of Pennsylvania's fly-fishing tradition and
experience world-class fly tiers in action as they show fly patterns made
famous on Commonwealth waters. Also, participants will be able
to view paintings by artist Thom Glace, see the Commission’s new
“Pennsylvania Waters” collectible embroidered patches, and
purchase a 2012 fishing license. The Cumberland Valley Chapter of
Trout Unlimited will also be recognized by the Commission.
The program is
free and open to the public, but registration is required. Space is
limited and registration will close on Jan. 27. Individuals can register
online through the Commission's website at: http://www.fishandboat.com/promo/form/register_onetime_2012jan.htm.
For more information on the evening program, contact Ted Walke at 717.705.7813.
During Tuesday’s formal meeting, Commissioners will address a variety of
issues, including:
- A recommendation to acquire property rights along
Fishing Creek in Fishing Creek Township, Columbia County. In
addition to the fishing easement along State Route 487, an
additional easement for a footpath and parking area has been offered
to ensure access to the fishing easement area.
- A recommendation to authorize an exchange of Rose
Valley Lake property rights in Gamble Township, Lycoming County.
- A recommendation to approve a grant not to exceed
$270,000 to the Wildlands Conservancy for
water trail and access area development along the Lehigh River in
Carbon, Northampton and Lehigh counties. Lehigh County, Walnutport
Borough, the conservancy and the state Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources also are providing funding to the project.
- A recommendation to finalize new regulations
establishing adaptive creel limits for walleye and yellow perch
based on the annual quotas established by the Lake Erie Committee,
which consists of fisheries managers from Pa., Ohio, N.Y., Michigan
and Ontario, Canada. Under the proposed change, the PFBC would set
daily creel limits by April 15 each year.
- A recommendation to finalize new regulations
establishing a Lake Erie cast net permit for the harvest of emerald
shiners and spottail shiners.
- A recommendation to finalize amendments to
regulations which increase the number of commercial seine licenses
from 10 to 40.
- A recommendation to apply catch and release
regulations on American shad on the Lehigh River upstream of the
first dam in Easton and its tributaries and on the Schuylkill River
upstream from the I-95 Bridge and its tributaries.
- A recommendation to authorize a grant of $75,000
for 2012 to the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay to assist with the
operation of the west fish lift at the Conowingo
Dam on the Susquehanna River.
A complete copy of
the meeting schedule and the full agenda for the meeting can be found on
the Commission’s web site at www.fishandboat.com/minutes.htm.
The mission of the
Fish and Boat Commission is to protect, conserve, and enhance the
Commonwealth’s aquatic resources and provide fishing and boating
opportunities. For more information about fishing and boating in
Pennsylvania, please visit our website at www.fishandboat.com.
Contact: Eric
Levis, 717.705.7806 or elevis@pa.gov
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