Month: May 2006

LICENSE RENEWAL PACKAGES ARE IN THE MAIL

LICENSE RENEWAL PACKAGES ARE IN THE MAILMOREHEAD CITY – Spring is the time for renewal – for trees, for flowers and commercial fishing licenses. Beginning in May, commercial fishermen can renew their licenses via the mail or by visiting any of the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries offices in Elizabeth City, Columbia, Wanchese, Washington, […]

New Rule to Protect Bottlenose Dolphins

New Rule to Protect Bottlenose Dolphins A new final rule implements additional requirements designed to reduce the serious injury and death of bottlenose dolphins stock in the mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet fishery and eight other coastal fisheries. This rule also revises the large mesh size restriction under the mid-Atlantic large mesh gillnet rule for conservation of […]

FISHERIES LICENSE OFFICES TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE MAY 23

FISHERIES LICENSE OFFICES TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE MAY 23MOREHEAD CITY – The Division of Marine Fisheries’ license offices in Elizabeth City, Columbia, Wanchese, Washington, Morehead City, and Wilmington will be temporarily closed on Tuesday, May 23, so staff may attend a training workshop. The offices will resume regular office hours on May 24. FISHERIES LICENSE OFFICES […]

MEETING TO FOCUS ON FUTURE OF FISHERIES MANAGMENT

MEETING TO FOCUS ON FUTURE OF FISHERIES MANAGMENTMOREHEAD CITY(May 3, 2006) – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will hold a meeting May 22 at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City, beginning at 10 a.m., to discuss future relations with other fisheries management organizations.The level of dissatisfaction with federal and interstate fisheries management expressed […]

Annual “List of Fisheries” Proposed; Classifications Reflect Levels of Harm to M

Annual “List of Fisheries” Proposed; Classifications Reflect Levels of Harm to Marine Mammals NOAA Fisheries Service has published the Proposed List of Fisheries for 2006, as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The proposed List of Fisheries for 2006 reflects new information on interactions between commercial fisheries and marine mammals. Each commercial fishery […]

MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee

MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee The MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday May 9, at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at Flounders Seafood and Smokehouse Restaurant in New Bern, NC. The committee will review final editorial suggestions from the NCDMF Management Review Team and the NCWRC review team […]

DNR says removing oyster shell from recycling areas unlawful

DNR says removing oyster shell from recycling areas unlawful The S.C. Department of Natural Resources reminds the public of the importance of recycling oyster shells for refurbishing oyster bed productivity. Several tickets have been issued recently by S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) law enforcement officers for violations of removing oyster shells from recycling drop-off […]

NOAA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NAVYââ‚Â

NOAA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NAVY’S PROPOSED MARINE MAMMAL INCIDENTAL HARASSMENT AUTHORIZATION NOAA Fisheries Service is seeking comments now through May 24 on the U.S. Navy’s proposal to conduct Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) exercises, utilizing tactical mid-frequency sonar, around the Main Hawaiian Islands. RIMPAC is a multi-national training exercise that has […]

AREA WHERE HURRICANES DEVELOP IS WARMER, SAY NOAA SCIENTISTS

AREA WHERE HURRICANES DEVELOP IS WARMER, SAY NOAA SCIENTISTS May 1, 2006 — The region of the tropical Atlantic where many hurricanes originate has warmed by several tenths of a degree Celsius over the 20th century, and new climate model simulations suggest that human activity, such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, may […]

NOAA REACHES A CRITICAL MILESTONE IN U.S. TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM EXPANSION

NOAA REACHES A CRITICAL MILESTONE IN U.S. TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM EXPANSION April 28, 2006 — NOAA announced today that it has reached an important milestone in expanding the U.S. tsunami warning system and is better equipped to detect a tsunami and alert communities of the impending danger. “This marks an important phase in strengthening the […]