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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Standard Commercial Fishing License Eligibility Board will meet by teleconference at 10:30 a.m. March 26.

The public may listen to the meeting at two locations: the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Headquarters, 3441 Arendell St., Morehead City; and the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Wilmington Regional Office, 127 N. Cardinal Drive, Wilmington.

The board will consider applications that have been deemed complete and were submitted by March 4.

The board meets two to three times a year to consider license applications. For directions on applying for a commercial fishing license, go to ncdenr.org/web/mf and look for commercial fishing license information and click on the Eligibility Pool Application link.

For more information, contact division License Eligibility Clerk Ann Bordeaux-Nixon at 910-796-7261 or Ann.Bordeaux-Nixon@ncdenr.gov.

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