COAST GUARD COORDINATING RESCUE OFF BERMUDA PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is coordinating a rescue of three people from a disabled sailing vessel in rough seas and winds off the coast of Bermuda. The 45-foot sailing vessel Joy for All, homeported in Glastonbury, CT., is disabled about180 miles north of Bermuda, in approximately 15-foot […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following shellfish area temporary closure will take effect immediately:No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels or […]
(MFC) Finfish Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Finfish Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, November 30 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the DENR Regional Office, located at 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC.The committee will review and discuss management measures being proposed by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council […]
THE MFC ADVISORMarine Fisheries Commission Business MeetingOcracoke, North CarolinaNov. 17 – 18, 2005The Marine Fisheries Commission and the Division of Marine Fisheries continue to look for ways to keep committee advisors and the public informed about commission activities. It is our intent to publish the MFC Advisor after each business meeting, summarizing the meeting, and […]
2005 OYSTER RESTRICTIONSPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at sunrise, Thursday, November 24, 2005 mechanical harvest of oysters shall be allowed and the following restrictions will apply:I. MEANS AND METHODSMECHANICAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS: 1. Oysters may be taken by mechanical methods (See General Information Section VII. E.,G. and H. […]
Intercommission Review Committee (IRC) The Intercommission Review Committee (IRC) will meet in Morehead City on December 5 at 10 am at the CMAST Building (room 305) on the campus of Carteret Community College. The IRC is composed of two members each from the Environmental Management, Coastal Resources, and Marine Fisheries commissions. The IRC provides oversight […]
Salvage Operations Resume for Capsized Barge Salvage and clean-up operations resumed yesterday after rough weather that moved into the area Tuesday had suspended all operations. Divers surveyed the barge Saturday evening and discovered a 2.5-foot by 8-foot hole in the top of the number 3 starboard cargo tank. The number 3 starboard cargo tank was […]
NOAA ISSUES FINAL 2005-2006 U.S. WINTER OUTLOOK: ENSO conditions unlikely to impact Winter Nov. 17, 2005  As meteorological winter approaches, the NOAA Climate Prediction Center issued the final update to the 2005-2006 U.S. Winter Outlook. For December through February, the outlook continues to call for this winter to be warmer than the 30-year average. […]
NOAA ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR DAM AND STREAM BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECTS The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the availability of up to $6 million in financial assistance for the Open Rivers Initiative. This program will provide grants, anticipated to range from $50,000-$250,000, for communities to remove obsolete and derelict stream barriers. “Many small communities and […]
Fifth generation of endangered whooping cranes enter Kentucky enroute to FloridaNearly halfway to their winter destination, twenty ultralight-led whoopingcranes entered Shelby County, Kentucky today to begin the southeasternportion of their 1,228-mile fall migration to their winter home atChassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge in Crystal River, along Florida’sgulf coast.On October 14, the birds left Necedah National Wildlife […]
