Month: April 2005

Unifying Saltwater and Freshwater Fishing Licenses Creates Challenges

Unifying Saltwater and Freshwater Fishing Licenses Creates Challenges RALEIGH, N.C. — The N.C. General Assembly last year approved the creation of a saltwater fishing license, but legislators left the details to be worked out this spring. Among them are resident and nonresident fees, the time period of licenses and potential enforcement problems. Richard Hamilton, executive […]

DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE PROPOSED POUND NET SET

DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE PROPOSED POUND NET SETIn accordance with NC Marine Fisheries Commission Rule 15A NCAC 03J .0107, notice is hereby given that a public meeting will be held April 18, 2005 at 7 p.m. in the District Courtroom, Beaufort, N.C. to receive comments on a proposal by Marcus J. Goodwin […]

MAN RESCUED AFTER BOAT SINKS ON YORK RIVER

MAN RESCUED AFTER BOAT SINKS ON YORK RIVER PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Navy MH-60S helicopter crew pulled a man from the York River today after his 15-foot boat began taking on water shortly before 2 p.m. Coast Guard Group Hampton Roads received a call from Seatow reporting the man in distress near the mouth of […]

LOCAL CUTTER TRAINING FOR OIL SPILLS

LOCAL CUTTER TRAINING FOR OIL SPILLS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of a local Coast Guard unit will be training to respond to hazardous oil and chemical spills in the region and are inviting members of the media to come out to observe the training Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. The crew of the 175-foot Coast […]

Court Decision Reverses Ballast Exemption to the Clean Water Act; Federal Court

Court Decision Reverses Ballast Exemption to the Clean Water Act; Federal Court Ruling to Prevent Spread of Invasive Species by Requiring Permits for Dumping Ballast Water SAN FRANCISCO, April 5 /U.S. Newswire/ — A Federal Court ruled last week that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must repeal its ballast water exemption under the Clean Water […]

TWO FISHERMEN RESCUED; SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THIRD MAN

TWO FISHERMEN RESCUED; SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THIRD MAN PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Two fishermen were rescued and the Coast Guard is searching for a third this afternoon 50 miles off Cape Fear, N.C. The two rescued fishermen were located at about 2 p.m. today by a container ship, the Greek-flagged vessel Sophia Britannia. One man was […]

AFTER TWO LARGE ANNUAL GAINS, RATE OF ATMOSPHERIC CO2 INCREASE RETURNS TO AVERAG

AFTER TWO LARGE ANNUAL GAINS, RATE OF ATMOSPHERIC CO2 INCREASE RETURNS TO AVERAGE, NOAA REPORTS March 31, 2005 — A spike in the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere between 2001 and 2003 appears to be a temporary phenomenon and apparently does not indicate a quickening build-up of the gas in the atmosphere, […]

BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN

FF-25-2005 PROCLAMATIONRE: BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M, Saturday, April 2, 2005, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N. Latitude):I. SIZE LIMITIt is unlawful to […]

FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN

PROCLAMATIONRE: FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Saturday, April 2, 2005, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial flounder fishery:I. TRIP LIMITSDuring the period beginning at 12:01 A.M. Saturday, April 2, 2005 and ending at 6:00 P.M. […]

2005 Quotas and Effort Controls Proposed for Bluefin Tuna

2005 Quotas and Effort Controls Proposed for Bluefin Tuna NOAA Fisheries Service has proposed initial 2005 fishing year specifications for the Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery to set quotas for each of the established domestic fishing categories and to set General category effort controls. The proposed measures would be in effect for the 2005 fishing year […]