GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, February 16, 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 Marine Fisheries Rule […]
MONKFISH – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Thursday, March 16, 2006, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial monkfish fishery:I. PERMITSMasters of vessels that fish for monkfish in the Atlantic Ocean are restricted to a one mile wide […]
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, February 15, 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 […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – OCEAN TRAWL: ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, February 15, 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 […]
FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, February 15, 2006, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial flounder fishery:I. HARVEST LIMITSA. During the period beginning at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, February 15, 2006 and ending at 6:00 P.M., […]
NEW RECREATIONAL HERRING LIMITS IN EFFECTMOREHEAD CITY (Feb. 14, 2006) – Recreational fishermen are reminded new 2006 harvest limits are in effect for river herring.Anglers, including Recreational Commercial Gear license holders, are limited to12 river herring (alewife and blueback herring) per person, per day, taken from North Carolina coastal or joint waters. The recreational river […]
Administration Supports New Fisheries Habitat Initiative in DOI As momentum builds for the roll-out of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan this spring, a request for $3 million for the National Fish Habitat Initiative was announced as part of the President’s formal budget proposal to Congress for Fiscal Year 2007 as part of the Fish […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed voluntary guidelines The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed voluntary guidelines anda regulatory definition designed to help landowners and others understandhow they can help ensure that bald eagles continue to be protectedconsistent with existing law. The Service also reopened the public commentperiod on its original 1999 proposal […]
NEW FEDERAL PERMIT FOR SHRIMP FISHERMEN REQUIREDMOREHEAD CITY(Feb. 13, 2006) – Beginning April 11, shrimpers working in federal waters off the southeastern United States will be required to obtain a permit from NOAA Fisheries.Any shrimp trawler harvesting or possessing brown, pink or white shrimp (penaeid shrimp) in or from federal waters from North Carolina through […]
GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 15, 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 Marine Fisheries Rule […]
