South Carolina Monofilament Recycling Program Question: What is monofilament? Answer: Monofilament is fishing line. Monofilament is typically a single strand, strong, flexible plastic that is clear or tinted blue, pink, or green. Question: Why should we recycle monofilament? Answer: Monofilament is harmful to wildlife and a nuisance to boaters. By recycling monofilament we are able […]
COAST GUARD AIDES SHIPWRECKED MAINE FISHERMAN BOSTON – Crews from Station Chatham and Air Station Cape Cod searched today for two Maine fisherman who jumped overboard after their fishing trawler ran aground at Nauset Beach, Mass., and started taking on water. Ian Orchard and Micheal Darragh, both from Orland, Maine, abandoned the 39-foot scalloper, JOSEPHINE, […]
STRIPED BASS RECREATIONAL SEASON – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:01 P.M., Monday, April 17, 2006 the season for striped bass taken for recreational purposes in the Albemarle Sound Management Area will open with the following restrictions:I. AREA DESCRIPTION: The Albemarle Sound Management […]
FISHERIES HEARING FOCUSES ON SHRIMP AND MULLETMOREHEAD CITY (March 27, 2006) – 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, […]
NATIONAL ICE CENTER CONFIRMS NEW ANTARCTIC ICEBERG March 24, 2006  An iceberg about the size of Martha’s Vineyard broke off from the Fimbul Ice Shelf, a large glacial ice sheet, located along the northwestern section of Queen Maud Land, in the eastern Weddell Sea near Antarctica. The National Ice Center, using visible satellite imagery […]
COAST GUARD MEDEVACS INJURED SAILOR PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A crewman with a broken leg onboard a cargo ship 270 miles east of Elizabeth City, N.C., was medevaced by the Coast Guard this afternoon. Thomas Nicholson, a 50-year-old United Kingdom resident, suffered a broken leg when the five ton piece of machinery he was working on […]
COAST GUARD REGULATORY COMMISSION TO HOLD JOINT PUBLIC MEETINGS ON PROPOSED LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS FACILITIES SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern New England and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) are in the process of evaluating two Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import terminal proposals – one for the Oklahoma based Quoddy Bay […]
Reel Art contest winners announced A student from North Charleston recently took top honors as the overall winner in South Carolina’s 2006 Reel Art contest, a competition sponsored annually by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, Harry Hampton Memorial Wildlife Fund, Duke Power and Trout Unlimited’s Chattooga River Chapter. Entries were judged in Columbia at […]
More Ships to Leave Ghost Fleet Two more ships are leaving the James River, headed for disposal facilities in Virginia and Maryland, in what has become a regular occurrence since the Bush Administration took over management of the nation’s ship disposal program five years ago, the U.S. Maritime Administration announced. The Howard W. Gilmore is […]
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s 2006 Guy Bradley Award Special Agent Jack Baker, a criminal investigator with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement in Washington, North Carolina, and Maj. Bruce Buckson, who serves as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) coordinator for manatee law enforcement, have received the National […]
