SAFE BOATING PRACTICES SAVE LIVES ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.- The Coast Guard urges boaters to practice safe boating to ensure that everyone has a safe and pleasant summer on the water. According to Coast Guard statistics, eighty-five percent of boaters who drown were not wearing their life jackets. In an emergency, there is no time to […]
2005 SEAFOOD HARVEST FIGURES RELEASED Commercial Harvest Declines Persist MOREHEAD CITY – Continuing a trend that began in 1997, the state’s commercial fishing harvest continues to drop, while recreational fishing remains stable, according to harvest data released by the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries. The 2005 commercial harvest of finfish and shellfish totaled 79 million […]
Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Habitat and Water Quality The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Habitat and Water Quality (H&WQ) Committee will meet on Monday, May 15, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. at the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Washington Regional Office, located at 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC. The committee will first […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awards Southeast conservation partners for contributions during FY 2005Jack Elrod, author/illustrator of the conservation-minded Mark Trail comic strip, was among 17 partners that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service honored today in Atlanta. They were awarded for their outstanding contributions to wildlife and natural resource conservation.“The people, businesses, government agencies, […]
Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee The Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee (AC) will be held on Monday, May 15, 2006, at 6:00 p.m. The AC will meet in Room 222, at the UNC Institute of Marine Science, located at 3431 Arendell Street in Morehead City, NC.The Committee will be given an update on the April […]
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 […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES TWO AFTER BOAT FIRE ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard rescued two men one-and-a-half miles off of the coast of Long Beach Island, N.J. today after their vessel caught fire. At 9:37 a.m. the Coast Guard received a distress call from two men onboard the Malory J, a 38-foot powerboat, that […]
The Carousel Center Fishing Tournament Saturday, June 3rd, 2006 Prizes awarded for Heaviest Flounder 1st Place $1000.00 cash 2nd Place $500.00 cash Raffles, Door Prizes Weigh-in Station and Registration Inlet Watch Yacht Club Carolina Beach, NC Registration up until 7 PM on June 2nd, 2006 $30.00 per angler All proceeds to benefit The Carousel Center […]
COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL SHARK HARVEST – ALL STATE WATERS Preston P. Pate, Jr. Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M. Monday, May 8, 2006, the harvest of sharks taken in state waters is restricted as follows:I. COMMERCIAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS:A. ALLOWABLE SPECIES AND SEASONS:It is unlawful to possess sharks taken for […]
INTERNATIONAL TREATY DESIGNED TO RESTORE/PROTECT OZONE LAYER WORKING, SAY SCIENTISTS Countries world wide have controlled the production and use of ozone-eating chlorine compounds, and the Earth’s atmosphere appears to be recovering from losses of “good” ozone in the upper reaches of the atmosphere. These findings were published in the journal Nature. A paper by Betsy […]
