PUBLIC MEETING NOTICENotice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Shellfish Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, June 28, 2004, at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in Room 306 at the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology Building (C-MAST), 303 College Circle, Morehead City, North Carolina. The Committee will perform taste […]
House Bill 1414 has passed through the House House Bill 1414 has passed through the House with the following amendment attached stating that Fort Fisher State Recreation Area (The South End) will have 24 hour access 7 days a week with a $10.00 daily fee or a $40.00 annual fee. Here is the amendment from […]
70-YEAR-OLD MAN RESCUED AFTER 48 HOURS MISSING AT SEA SAN JUAN Puerto Rico – Severo Rodriguez, 70, from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, was rescued by the Coast Guard Cutter Chincoteague this afternoon after being found by a private airplane almost 48-hours after he was expected home. Rodriguez was reported missing by his daughter to […]
USCG Saves Six Off Carolina Coast PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Six people were rescued, including two young children, from their foundering vessel approximately 25 miles east of Oregon Inlet, N.C., by Coast Guard rescue personnel after their vessel started taking on water today at about 10:30 a.m. Kevin Nunemaker of Nags Head, N.C., the Captain of […]
“RETURN TO TITANIC” MEETS SCIENCE OBJECTIVES, REMINDS ALL THAT WRECK SITE IS HALLOWED GROUNDExpedition Ends Just Prior to U.S. Signing of Titanic Agreement June 21, 2004  When NOAA co-sponsored Return to Titanic, a scientific expedition to the site of arguably the world’s most memorable shipwreck, the team of explorers and scientists sent their underwater […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES MAN FROM BOAT EXPLOSION CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard rescued a man at 8 a.m. today after the 40-foot yacht he was piloting exploded in the Corpus Christi ship channel. Jess Aubry Powell III, 59, was recovered from the water this morning by the crew of a rescue boat from […]
NOAA SCIENTISTS HUNT FOR ‘LIONS’ IN THE ATLANTICVenomous Invasive Fish Can Be Dangerous to Divers and Deepwater Fishermen Divers and deep-water fishermen along the Atlantic Coast may encounter lionfish, venomous coral reef fishes that have found their way into east coast waters. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will conduct field studies […]
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES 2004 OCEAN FISHERY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS The Commerce Department today announced the appointment of 17 members to the eight regional fishery management councils. The appointments of two members to obligatory seats on the South Atlantic and Pacific Councils will be made by August 11. The councils, established by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and […]
U.S. FISH STOCKS ARE REBOUNDING, ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENT REPORTNOAA RELEASES 2003 STATUS OF FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES TO CONGRESS June 16, 2004  The “Status of Fisheries of the United States” report, released today by NOAA, shows considerable progress was made in 2003 to address excessive fishing rates and rebuild fish stocks to healthy […]
ADDITIONAL FISHERIES HEARING SCHEDULED MOREHEAD CITY – An additional hearing has been scheduled by the Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) on June 30 at 7 p.m. at the Carteret Community College, C-MAST Building, Room 306 in Morehead City, to give area residents another opportunity to discuss a proposed gill net ban in Spooners Creek subdivision. Spooners […]
