STRIPED BASS RECREATIONAL- ATLANTIC OCEAN: OCRACOKE INLET TO NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA STATE LINE Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Monday, May 1, 2006 the following restrictions will apply to the recreational harvest of striped bass in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina from Ocracoke Inlet […]
RIVER HERRING Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M., Thursday, April 20, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the harvest of river herring: SEASON A. The season for harvest of river herring in the Chowan River Herring Management Area by pound net will re-open. No […]
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 effective immediately the following privately controlled shellfish bottom as indicated below is closed to the harvest of oysters, clams and mussels: No person […]
NOAA HELPS OCEAN RACERS AVOID RIGHT WHALES Every four years the world’s oceans, including the Atlantic, play host to the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. Introduced more than 32 years ago by England’s Whitbread Company and the British Royal Naval Sailing Association, the race tests seamanship, craftsmanship, and raw-knuckle busting-hard work and endurance. This year’s competition […]
New conservation effort at upcoming Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series The South Carolina Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series, entering its 18th season, will feature five tournaments along the coast beginning May 3rd at Edisto Island and ending July 1 at the Charleston City Marina’s HMY/Viking MegaDock Billfishing Tournament. This year, the Governor’s Cup Advisory Board, in an […]
New regulations for seabird nesting islands The South Carolina Budget & Control Board recently entered into agreements with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR), enabling the DNR to designate and establish three barrier island bird sanctuaries. The new status for Bird Key Stono, Crab Bank, and Deveaux Bank Islands will help protect nesting seabirds, […]
Mid-Atlantic Council and its Committees to Meet; May 2-4 in Virginia Beach, VA The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and its Bycatch Committee; Research Set-Aside Committee; Protected Resources Committee; Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee; Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, Tilefish Committee; Ad Hoc Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) Reauthorization Committee; Ecosystem Committee; and Executive Committee will meet May 2-4 in Virginia […]
Renewed Affirmative Finding Will Allow Yellowfin Tuna Imports from Ecuador NOAA Fisheries Service has renewed the affirmative finding for the Government of Ecuador under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This affirmative finding will allow yellowfin tuna harvested in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean in compliance with the International Dolphin Conservation Program (IDCP) by Ecuadorian-flag […]
NC COUPLE RESCUED FROM DISABLED SAILING VESSEL JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard is towing an North Carolinian couple to safety after their vessel became disabled 66-miles east of Jacksonville Sunday. James Q. Brown and Nancy Willis May of New Bern, N.C., were sailing their 34-foot sailing vessel, the Chapulin, Marsh Harbor, Bahamas to Fernandina […]
RESCUE CREWS SEARCHING FOR MISSING BOATER NEAR BUTLER ISLAND, S.C. CHARLESTON, S.C. – A man is missing after he jumped off his vessel with a friend and his dog to go for a swim in the Intra-Coastal Waterway in the vicinity of Butler Island, S.C. at about 7:40 p.m. The man, whose name is being […]
