GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA

M-3-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 P.M., Monday, February 9, 2004, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets in the ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA. I. AREA DEION The Albemarle Sound Management Area […]

RIVER HERRING

FF-20-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: RIVER HERRING Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 p.m., Monday, February 9, 2004, the following restrictions will apply to the river herring fishery in the Albemarle Sound Herring Management Area and the Chowan River Herring Management Area: I. SEASON CLOSURE No person or […]

BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS

FF-19-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01A.M, Tuesday, February 10, 2004, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N. Latitude): I. SIZE LIMIT It […]

FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS

FF-18-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Tuesday, February 10, 2004, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial flounder fishery: I. TRIP LIMITS During the period beginning at 12:01 A.M., Tuesday, February 10, 2004 […]

King Mackerel Trip Limit Increased to 75 Fish/Day for Commercial Hook-and-Line V

King Mackerel Trip Limit Increased to 75 Fish/Day for Commercial Hook-and-Line Vessels Fishing in the Florida East Coast SubzoneNOTE: The following is an excerpt from a Fishery Bulletin from NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Regional Office. The complete notice, including maps and landings information, will be posted in 1-3 working days at http://caldera.sero.nmfs.gov or contact:The daily vessel […]

NOAA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES 2005 BUDGET REQUEST

NOAA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES 2005 BUDGET REQUEST Retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, unveiled President Bush’s proposed 2005 budget for the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Speaking to more than 125 stakeholders in Washington, D.C., Lautenbacher said NOAA’s request totals $3.4 […]

New River Inlet Survey

New River Inlet Survey Released Get Your Copy HERENew River Inlet Survey Released Get Your Copy HERE

COAST GUARD RECEIVES MAJORITY OF MARITIME SECURITY PLANS,

COAST GUARD RECEIVES MAJORITY OF MARITIME SECURITY PLANS, BEGINS ISSUING PENALTIES PORTSMOUTH – The U.S. Coast Guard announced today that 90 percent of vessels and port facilities turned in security plans as required by the Maritime Transportation Security Act. Penalties are being issued to those that have not submitted any of the information required. Though […]

STRIPED BASS SEASON

FF-17-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: STRIPED BASS SEASON – OCEAN TRAWL: ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 3:00 P.M., Friday, February 6, 2004, the season for the harvest of striped bass with ocean trawls in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina WILL OPEN. The following restrictions will […]

SPINY DOGFISH

FF-16-2004 PROCLAMATION RE: SPINY DOGFISH-COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS– ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 9:30 A.M., Friday, February 6, 2004 the following restrictions will apply to the harvest of spiny dogfish in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina. I. SEASON CLOSURE The Atlantic Ocean harvest of […]