Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Public Information Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Public Information Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 21, at 1 p.m. The meeting will be held at the DENR Regional Office, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC in the Marine Fisheries Conference Room. If you have any questions please contact Jess Hawkins […]
ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MON MAR 13 TO SAT MAR 25 SATELLITE SIGHTING INFORMATION FOR WILMINGTONNC NC The following ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MON MAR 13 TO SAT MAR 25 The following fields are listed from left to right:SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE DATE TIME MIN DEG DEG-DIR DEG-DIR ISS Mon […]
FOUR MEN FOUND DECEASED AFTER 10-HOUR SEARCH ATLANTIC BEACH, NC. – The bodies of four volunteer firefighters from Banner Elk, N.C., who were on a fishing trip were located this morning off Lockwood Folley Inlet, N.C., after an overnight search involving Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and local assets. Kevin Bell, 38, Griff Lygrely, 22, Michael […]
COAST GUARD SAVES THREE FROM SEA BOSTON – The Coast Guard rescued three Maine fishermen today near midnight after their boat sank 55 miles southeast of Portland, Maine. The Coast Guard received a distress signal from the 44-foot Celtic Pride’s Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon, followed by a mayday from the crew of the Portland […]
Awesome Amphibians, Remarkable Reptiles Take Center Stage at Herp Day 2006 They slithered. They hopped. They jumped. They descended on the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences on March 11 for a one-day extravaganza in their honor, proving once and for all that you don’t have to be warm and fuzzy to be loved. Reptiles and […]
River Herring Limits Set for Inland Fishing Waters RALEIGH, N.C. (March 15, 2006)  The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission reminds fishermen to observe regulations on river herring when fishing coastal rivers this season. The daily creel limit for alewife and blueback herring, collectively known as river herring, is 25 fish larger than 6 inches. This […]
WEAKFISH COMMERCIALPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:00 Noon, Friday, March 17, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial weakfish fishery:I. COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS, EXCLUDING HOOK-AND-LINE, SIZE LIMITS:A. No person may take, possess, transport, buy, sell, or offer for sale weakfish less than 12 inches […]
CUTTER RETURNS FROM TWO-MONTH COUNTER DRUG PATROL PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard Cutter Bear is scheduled to return Thursday to Integrated Support Command, Portsmouth at 10 a.m. after completing an eight-week patrol in the Caribbean conducting anti-terrorism operations under Joint Interagency Task Force South. Bear’s crew has spent four of the last five months conducting […]
MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee The MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 22, at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the CMAST Bldg. Room 205 in Morehead City, NC. The committee will review final edits of the completed draft report, approve the final draft report, and discuss […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – OCEAN TRAWL: ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Friday, March 17, 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 […]
