River Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Advisory Committee The next meeting of the River Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Advisory Committee (AC) will be held on Tuesday, July 12, 2005, at 6:30 p.m. The AC will meet at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fish Hatchery, 1104 West Queen Street, Edenton, NC.The committee will receive […]
Crustacean Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Crustacean Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, July 18, 2005, at 6:00 p.m., at the Craven County Cooperative Extension Service, 300 Industrial Drive, New Bern, NC.The committee will review and discuss the draft Shrimp Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The Draft FMP has been prepared by the Division […]
MARINE PATROL ANNOUNCES NEW HIRE MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Patrol, law enforcement branch of the state Division of Marine Fisheries, has added a new officer to its ranks. Jimmy Tyer is a new field officer working in the Avon / Dare County area. Prior to his employment with Marine Patrol, Tyer worked as […]
Commercial Landings of Bluefin tuna As of 06/24/05 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The Coastwide General Category has landed 3.3 mt out of 908.3 mt to date. The Harpoon category: 5.5 mt out of 90.0 mt to date. Longline North: 3.6 mt out of 116.3 mt to date. Longline South: […]
4 RESCUED FROM CAPSIZED VESSEL SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – Early this afternoon, the Coast Guard and a good samaritan rescued three females and one male, out of Port Mansfield Channel in the Laguna Madre. According to initial reports, the four had been fishing when the boat began to take on water from the stern […]
Lake Norman Striped Bass Size Limit Lifted From July 1-Sept. 30 RALEIGH, N.C. (July 1, 2005)  Striped bass anglers fishing Lake Norman will be able to keep four stripers of any size per day from July 1 to Sept. 30. The new regulation, approved by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission in March, allows anglers […]
FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL SAVED, GRANDFATHER DIES PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A four-year-old girl was rescued after becoming separated from her family while swimming with her grandfather, who was later found deceased, near their 40-foot sailboat in Herring Bay, Md., Tuesday evening. The girl’s grandmother called the Coast Guard about 7:10 p.m. after she received a cell phone […]
NOAA CONFIRMS 28th RIGHT WHALE MOTHER-CALF PAIRGood News for Critically Endangered Species July 1, 2005  NOAA Fisheries Service biologists have confirmed the year’s 28th unique sighting of a North Atlantic right whale mother-calf pair, making this one of the best calving years on record for these rare and endangered animals. In recent days, NOAA […]
NOAA AWARDS $54,834 FOR GEORGIA OYSTER HABITAT RESTORATION The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $54,834 to the University of Georgia Marine Extension Service for a community-based project to restore oyster habitat in estuaries throughout coastal Georgia. The project is funded by the Community-based Restoration Program within NOAA Fisheries Service and the NOAA Coastal Services […]
STATE RELEASES REPORT CARD ON HEALTH OF FISHERIES Stocks Reclassified to Reflect Changing Status MOREHEAD CITY – North Carolina’s coastal and ocean fisheries showed limited signs of progress as two stocks, striped mullet and sharks were upgraded to recovering, while weakfish was downgraded to overfished and summer flounder was shifted to the concerned category, according […]
