Month: February 2006

BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01A.M., Thursday, March 2, 2006, 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 […]

Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Civil Penalty Remission/ Law Enforcement Committee The first meeting of the Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Civil Penalty Remission/ Law Enforcement Committee will be held Monday, March 6, at 2 p.m. at the Craven County Cooperative Extension Service Office, located at 300 Industrial Drive in New Bern. The committee will discuss potential […]

FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Thursday, March 2, 2006, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial flounder fishery:I. HARVEST LIMITSDuring the period beginning at 12:01 A.M., Thursday, March 2, 2006 and ending at 6:00 P.M., Thursday, […]

STRIPED BASS SEASON – OCEAN TRAWL: ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Thursday, March 2, 2006, the season for the harvest of striped bass with ocean trawls in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina WILL OPEN. The following restrictions will apply:I. SIZE LIMITNo person […]

FISHERIES COMMISSION SUPPORTS STRIPED BASS GEAR DECLARATIONMOREHEAD CITY (Feb. 27, 2006) – The Marine Fisheries Commission is asking the for N.C. General Assembly’s help in trying to bring order to the commercial striped bass fishery in the Atlantic Ocean. The MFC wants commercial fishermen to annually select one of three gears allowed to commercially harvest […]

MFC Spiny Dogfish Compliance Advisory Panel Meeting The MFC Spiny Dogfish Compliance Advisory Panel Meeting scheduled for Friday, March 3, at 2 p.m. has been canceled. The meeting was scheduled to take place at both the C-Mast Building (Carteret Community College) and the College of the Albemarle in Manteo. We will let you know when […]