GOV. EASLEY SIGNS COASTAL RECREATIONAL FISHING LICENSE INTO LAWHouse Bill 831 To Generate $15 Million Annually For Research, Habitat EnhancementRALEIGH – Gov. Mike Easley today signed legislation creating a coastal recreational fishing license and the North Carolina Saltwater Fishing Fund, which will generate about $15.3 million annually to conserve and restore North Carolina’s marine resources […]
Wildlife Center Video Wins National Award COROLLA, N.C. (Aug. 17, 2004)  It won’t open until next summer, but the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education is already garnering acclaim. A 20-minute video greeting visitors to the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s educational facility on Currituck Sound has won a prestigious national award from an association […]
USCG AIRLIFTS INJURED SCUBA DIVER CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. – A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew airlifted a man off a chartered fishing vessel 20 miles south east of Cape Hatteras today around 2 p.m. The 50-year-old man from Miami chartered the 41-foot vessel, Sea Bear, to go diving at the Monitor Marine Sanctuary off the […]
Council and Commission’s Boards Adopt Management Measures for 2005 and 2006Landing Limits Increase for Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council met with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass and Bluefish Boards (Board) this week in Baltimore, Maryland to adopt 2005 and 2006 fishery […]
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PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE NC Marine Fisheries Conservation Fund Committee Notice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Conservation Fund Committee will meet Tuesday, August 17, 2004, at 3:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Washington Regional Office, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC.The Committee was set up to guide use of monies […]
HURRICANE CHARLEY CUTS SHORT AQUARIUS UNDERSEA MISSION;AQUANAUTS PREPARE TO LEAVE UNDERSEA LAB Aug. 11, 2004  Hurricane Charley, bearing down on the Florida Keys, caused the cancellation Wednesday of an undersea research mission of NOAA’s underwater laboratory Aquarius. The Aquarius is owned by NOAA and operated by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. “We […]
Food Safety Precautions For After The Storm RALEIGH – Citizens should be careful not to use foods damaged or spoiled due to loss of electricity or flooding caused by Hurricane Alex, according to the N.C. Division of Environmental Health.Citizens are urged to use the following guidelines when assessing their food:•Your refrigerator will keep foods safely […]
TWYNE PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT MOREHEAD CITY – Colonel Joseph Lynch, head of the North Carolina Marine Patrol, today announced Don Twyne, Jr. has been promoted to lieutenant of the patrol’s northern district, headquartered in Columbia. His new responsibilities begin immediately. Twyne, 38, is a life-long resident of Dare County and has been with the Marine […]
MARINERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR APPROACHING STORMS AND PREPARE ACCORDINGLY ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– With the Tropical Storms Bonnie and Charley hitting the coast of Florida, mariners here in New Jersey are strongly urged to closely monitor their progress by all means available and take early action to protect their vessels. By Saturday, tropical storm force […]
