MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee The MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday January 4 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the CMAST Bldg in room 305, Morehead City, NC.The committee will receive MFC updates, approve minutes, review the handouts, and will discuss and approve management options for […]
STRIPED BASS RECREATIONAL SEASON – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Sunday, January 1, 2006 the season for striped bass taken for recreational purposes in the Albemarle Sound Management Area shall open with the following restrictions:I. AREA DESCRIPTION: The Albemarle Sound Management […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS –ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Sunday, January 1, 2006, the harvest of striped bass with COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS IN THE ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA SHALL OPEN and the following provisions shall apply:I. AREA DESCRIPTIONAlbemarle […]
U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navagation Team Cape Hatteras Relocates Wanchese, NC – The Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Cape Hatteras has relocated to Wanchese, NC, and renamed Aids to Navigation Team Wanchese. The team will be located in the Wanchese Seafood Industrial Park and is responsible for over 500 Aids to Navigation in […]
GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Sunday, January 1, 2006, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets in the ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA.I. AREA DESCRIPTION: The Albemarle Sound Management Area as described in N.C. Marine […]
NOAA Will Maintain Current Time/Area Closures to Protect Sharks On March 7, 2005, NOAA Fisheries Service received a petition for rulemaking from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Marine Fisheries, requesting changes to the current Mid-Atlantic shark closed area. The closed area boundary is set at 55 fathoms, from January […]
New Requirements Will Affect Shrimp Fishermen This final rule to implement Amendment 6 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (FMP) includes the following provisions: (1) requires an owner or operator of a trawler that harvests or possesses penaeid shrimp (brown, pink, or white shrimp) in or from […]
2005 OYSTER RESTRICTIONSPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at sunrise, Friday, December 23, 2005 mechanical harvest of oysters will be allowed and the following changes in restrictions will apply:I. MEANS AND METHODSMECHANICAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS: 1. Oysters may be taken by mechanical methods (See General Information Section VI. E.,G. […]
New Members Appointed to Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Last week, Secretary Gutierrez appointed eight new individuals to serve on the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC), the Committee established in 1971 to advise the Secretary of Commerce on all living marine resource matters under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce. Initiated in August, the solicitation […]
Commercial Landings of Bluefin tuna As of 12/19/05 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coast wide General category has landed 185.6 mt out of 708.3 mt to date. The Harpoon category closed at: 23.1 mt out of 90.0 mt. Longline North: 13.8 mt out of 116.3 mt to date. Longline […]
