Extension of Comment Period on Striped Bass On April 24, NOAA Fisheries announced its intention to re-open the scoping process on the recommendations contained in Amendment 6 to Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass. NOAA Fisheries originally conducted scoping on the matter in 2003, but decided to re-open […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES AND ASSISTS 48 BOATERS OVER WEEKEND PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard Fifth District crews rescued or assisted 48 boaters over the course of Memorial Day weekend. In 53 total cases, units from Atlantic City, N.J., to Wilmington, N.C., responded to distress calls, flare sightings and medical emergencies. The Fifth District’s area of […]
ACTIVE DUTY COAST GUARDSMAN AND FT. COLLINS NATIVE AWARDED ACHIEVMENT MEDAL FOR SAVING LIFE PORTSMOUTH, Va., — Coast Guard Petty Officer Dennis Amerson, a Ft. Collins native, was awarded the Coast Guard Achievment medal for his heroic actions at a local restaraunt in Baltimore where he saved the life of a 75 year-old woman May […]
COAST GUARD TO RESCUE STRANDED BOATERS ON DAMAGED SAILING VESSEL PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard Atlantic Area Command Search and Rescue Controllers are coordinating the Coast Guard response to a mayday call from a 36-foot sailing vessel with five people on board, approximately 250 miles off the coast of Nantucket, Mass. The mayday call was […]
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 closures will take effect immediately:No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels or […]
CRAB, EEL, FISH AND SHRIMP POTSPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Thursday, June 1, 2006 until midnight, November 30, 2006 the following shall apply to crab, eel, fish, and shrimp pots:POTS MAY BE SET IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS (See attached maps):I. HYDE COUNTY:A. Wysocking Bay, […]
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 NOAA ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE LAUNCHED, REACHES ORBIT May 25, 2006  NOAA and NASA officials confirmed that a new geostationary operational environmental satellite, designed to track hurricanes and other severe weather impacting the nation, successfully reached orbit last night after it was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The spacecraft separation […]
Start of Boating Season Means Safety is No Accident RALEIGH, N.C. (May 22, 2006) – Memorial Day weekend is the traditional start of the boating season in North Carolina, those warm weather months when recreational boaters take to the water in increasing numbers. “Before going out, boaters should check equipment to see if it’s in […]
New Data Show Brook Trout Imperiled Throughout Its Eastern Range RALEIGH, N.C. (May 17, 2006) – Brook trout once thrived in nearly every coldwater stream and river in the eastern United States. Over the last century, urbanization, poor land management practices and degraded streamside habitat have ravaged brook trout populations, particularly in North Carolina where […]
