Louisiana Shrimp Task Force Meeting
Acy Cooper, Chairman
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
LA Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Headquarters
2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA
AGENDA
I. Pledge of Allegiance
II. Call to Order
III. Roll Call
IV. Approval of August 30, 2023 Meeting Minutes
V. Approval of March 6, 2024 Meeting Agenda
VI. Federal Shrimp Permit Report
VII. New Business
A. To Discuss Legal Actions Regarding Department of Commerce Rule Requiring TEDs in Skimmer Trawls- STF
B. To Discuss the Restore Louisiana Small Business Loan Program- South Central Planning and Development Commission
C. To Hear an Update on the 2019 Fisheries Disaster Funding- LDWF
D. To Discuss the Early Adoption of a New Monitoring System to Modernize Shrimp Effort Data Collection- LGL
E. To Discuss Inshore Shrimping Effort to Inform Sea Turtle Restoration Efforts in the Gulf of Mexico- NOAA
F. To Hear an Update on the STF Washington, D.C. Trip- STF
G. To Consider a Proposal and Funding for Shrimp Rapid Genetic Testing- STF
H. Officer Elections- STF
VIII. Public Comment
IX. Set Next Meeting
X. Adjourn
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