MALCHACE U.S. MERCHANT VESSEL Builder: Merrill-Stevens Shipbuilding – Launched in 1920 as Chickamauga renamed Malchace Port of Origin: Jacksonville, Fla. Propulsion: Single screw – Oil fired steam turbine – 11 kts. cruising Type: Steam Freighter Tonnage: 3516 tons Length: 333 feet Width: 48 feet Armament: Unarmed merchant freighter Owner History: Marine Transport Lines Incorporated, New […]
PAPOOSE U.S. Merchant Vessel Builder: Launched in 1921 as the Dutch vessel Silvanus Port of Origin: Refitted in 1927 by the Southwestern Shipbuilding Co., San Pedro, California Propulsion: Single screw – Steam driven – 10 kts. cruising Type: Steam Fuel/Oil Tanker Tonnage: 5,939 tons Length: 412 feet Width: 53 feet Armament: Unarmed fuel transport Owner […]
FISHING VESSEL GROUNDS IN PONTE VEDRA BEACH JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The fishing vessel Captain A.B. after it grounded in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., at approximately 5:30 a.m. today. The fishing vessel had three people aboard when it ran hard aground at the 1400 block of Ponte Vedra Blvd., which is just north of Guana River […]
Council Approves Snapper Grouper Amendment 13C – Final Alternatives ListedPublic input plays role in final management measuresThe South Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted to approve Amendment 13C to its Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan to address overfishing for snowy grouper, golden tilefish, vermilion snapper, and black sea bass during its recent meeting in Carolina Beach, […]
Prescribed Burns to be Conducted on Alligator River and Pea Island National Wildlife Refuges in North CarolinaAlligator River and Pea Island National Wildlife Refuges are preparing to begin winter prescribed burning season in an effort to reduce the build up of fuels and improve wildlife habitat on both refuges in Manteo, North Carolina . If […]
Senate Commerce Committee to Mark Up Magnuson-Stevens Bill The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Chair Ted Stevens, R-AK) on December 15th, will mark up a six year reauthorization of the fundamental federal fishery management law that bears the name of Sen. Stevens (S 2012). The mark-up will likely be webcast beginning at 10 am […]
FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, December 14, 2005, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial flounder fishery:I. HARVEST LIMITSA. During the period beginning at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, December 14, 2005 and ending at 6:00 P.M., […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON –BEACH SEINES : ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 8:00 P.M., Monday, December 12, 2005 the following restrictions shall apply to the harvest of striped bass with beach seines in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina.I. SEASON CLOSUREThe Atlantic Ocean beach seine […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01A.M., Wednesday, December 14, 2005, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15.3’N. Latitude):I. SIZE LIMITIt is unlawful to possess black sea […]
TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RULE – RIVER HERRINGPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01A.M., Sunday, January 1, 2006, the following shall apply to North Carolina Fisheries Rules for North Carolina Waters:1. North Carolina Fisheries Rules for Coastal Waters 15A NCAC 3M .0513 is modified by the suspension of […]
