Topsail Inlet Survey
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Month: June 2004
House Passes Jones Bill To Protect Cape Lookout Horses
House Passes Jones Bill To Protect Cape Lookout Horses “Today’s action was a win for the horses of Shackleford Banks.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2055 – legislation introduced by Representative Walter B. Jones (R-NC) to update the science-based parameters that govern management of the free roaming horses on […]
NOAA TRACKS GULF OF MEXICO RAIN-MAKING SYSTEM
NOAA TRACKS GULF OF MEXICO RAIN-MAKING SYSTEM June 14, 2004  A broad low pressure area over the central Gulf of Mexico remains poorly organized Monday morning with a weak trough of low pressure extending northeastward across extreme southeastern Louisiana and Mississippi. Thunderstorm activity is disorganized, and the reconnaissance aircraft flight scheduled for Monday morning […]
Get Your Free Boating Access Area Guide
Get Your Free Boating Access Area Guide RALEIGH, N.C. (June 11)  The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has a free boating access area guide featuring more than 185 boating access areas across North Carolina. Contact the Wildlife Commission’s Division of Engineering Services to obtain a guide, 919-715-3155, or visit http://www.ncwildlife.org/fs_index_05_boating.htm. The guide contains directions to […]
ADDITIONAL FISHERIES HEARING SCHEDULED
ADDITIONAL FISHERIES HEARING SCHEDULEDMOREHEAD 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 Creek residents […]
Woman Recognized for Making the Ultimate Sacrifice
Woman Recognized for Making the Ultimate Sacrifice OAK ISLAND, N.C. – A woman who sacrificed her life to save her daughter in the waters near the Ocean Crest Pier on Oak Island will be posthumously presented one of the Coast Guard’s highest honors in a ceremony at Station Oak Island Saturday at 11 a.m. Debra […]
Man Saved After Boat Fire
Man Saved After Boat Fire CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. – Coast Guard rescue crews saved a man who’s fishing vessel caught fire and sunk about 8-miles East of Kitty Hawk, N.C., around 2:20 p.m. today. The man radioed in a mayday before abandoning his boat into an inflatable life raft. A rescue helicopter from Air Station […]
NEW SOUTHERN FLOUNDER REGULATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED
NEW SOUTHERN FLOUNDER REGULATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED MOREHEAD CITY – The public will have the opportunity to learn about proposed restrictions to conserve southern flounder at a series of public meetings planned this summer. Since 2001, an advisory group comprised of commercial and recreational fishermen and scientists, have been working to develop a fishery management […]
FISHERIES HEARING SCHEDULED
FISHERIES HEARING SCHEDULED MOREHEAD CITY – The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) will be holding a public hearing on June 15 at 7 p.m. at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Regional Office located at 943 Washington Square Mall, in Washington. The MFC will receive public comment on a proposed rule to give the Division […]
NOAA SCIENTISTS CONTINUE NATIONWIDE LECTURE SERIES ON HUMAN NOISE IMPACT TO MARI
NOAA SCIENTISTS CONTINUE NATIONWIDE LECTURE SERIES ON HUMAN NOISE IMPACT TO MARINE MAMMALS The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service and scientists from various academic institutions are sponsoring a free national lecture series on marine mammals and human noise. The sixth lecture will be in Laurel, Md., June 16. NOAA […]