FISHERIES HEARINGS SCHEDULED MOREHEAD CITY – The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) will be holding a series of four public hearings in eastern North Carolina in March and April. The MFC will receive public comment on the following proposed rules at these hearings: Require white-line peeler crabs be held separately from pink and red-line peelers; Shorten […]
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR OVERDUE FISHERMAN CRISFIELD, Md. – A multi-agency search for an overdue fisherman that began Tuesday afternoon continues this morning in the Chesapeake Bay. James D. Crockett, a 74-year-old man from Tangier Island, Va., was on the 38-foot fishing vessel Eldora C and scheduled to return to the island Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. […]
COAST GUARD AND FISHING VESSELS WORK TOGETHER TO HELP DISABLED VESSEL ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A vessel that was disabled in yesterday’s harsh weather conditions is making its way back to port after an intense cooperative effort between several fishing vessels and Coast Guard crews. The vessel MAR-CIN, a 78-foot scalloper homeported in Hampton, Va., was […]
NTSB CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTSNational Transportation Safety Board Chairman Ellen Engleman Conners today announced several key appointment to the agency’s management team, including a new Executive Director and Managing Director.Dan Campbell, who has served as the agency’s Managing Director for 5 years, has been named Executive Director, where he will concentrate on planning, policy and […]
Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee (AC) The next meeting of the Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee (AC) will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. The AC will meet at the Bolivia Government Complex Building, Commissioners Chambers, 75 Courthouse Drive, Bolivia, NC. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN LOCATION (directions below). The Committee will discuss […]
2005 OYSTER SEASONPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the oyster harvest season WILL CLOSE as follows:I. BRUNSWICK COUNTYEffective sunset Tuesday, March 15, 2005. II. STATEWIDEEffective sunset Thursday, March 31, 2005. III. GENERAL INFORMATION:A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-221 (e); 143B-289.52; and […]
FISHERIES HEARINGS SCHEDULEDMOREHEAD CITY – The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) will be holding a series of four public hearings in eastern North Carolina in March and April. The MFC will receive public comment on the following proposed rules at these hearings: – Require white-line peeler crabs be held separately from pink and red-line peelers;– Shorten […]
SAFETY BOARD DETERMINES CAUSE OF STATEN ISLAND FERRY ACCIDENTWashington, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the probable cause of a fatal accident involving a Staten Island ferry was the assistant captain’s unexplained incapacitation and the failure of the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) to implement and oversee safe, […]
McIntyre Announces $370,000 for Carolina Beach Inlet Dredging Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mike McIntyre announced today that he has secured $370,000 in emergency funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Carolina Beach Inlet. Congressman McIntyre stated, “This is a great victory for our area! It is fantastic news for Carolina Beach […]
Jones Secures Additional Funding To Dredge Bogue Inlet and New River Inlet Money will allow both inlets to be dredged twice in Fiscal Year 2005 Washington, D.C.- Third District Representative Walter B. Jones announced today that help is on the way for Eastern North Carolina’s coastal inlets. Jones has been working diligently with the Army […]
