Month: March 2006

FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Saturday, April 1, 2006, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial flounder fishery:I. HARVEST LIMITSA. During the period beginning at 12:01 A.M., Saturday, April 1, 2006 and ending at 6:00 P.M., […]

BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01A.M., Saturday, April 1, 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., Saturday, April 1, 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 […]

SCUPPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M., Saturday, April 1, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial scup fishery in coastal waters including the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15′ N. Latitude):I. SIZE AND HARVEST LIMITSA. No person may take, possess, buy, […]

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Amendment 15 Scoping Meetings and Comments: April 1 to June 30, 2006The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) proposes to develop Amendment 15 to its Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass in order to address a wide range of issues relating to the […]

FISHERIES HEARING FOCUSES ON SHRIMP AND MULLET MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will hold a hearing on April 4, at 7 p.m. at the Regional Office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 943 Washington Square Mall, in Washington, N.C. Public input is needed on the following proposed shrimp rules, which […]

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 […]

STRIPED BASS SEASON – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS OF CARTERET, CRAVEN, BEAUFORT, AND PAMLICO COUNTIES, PUNGO RIVER, WEST BAY AND PAMLICO SOUNDPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 P.M., Friday, March 31, 2006, the striped bass season WILL CLOSE in the areas described below for […]