COAST GUARD TO RELOCATE BUOYS IN BOGUE INLET NORTH CAROLINA Portsmouth, Va. – Due to heavy shoaling, the Coast Guard is temporarily relocating the navigational buoys in Bogue Inlet to mark best water for boaters to safely transit through this area. The Coast Guard Cutter Blackberry is scheduled to work June 19 and 20, weather […]
Coast Guard Continues to Search for Missing Crewman PORTSMOUTH, VA – The Coast Guard continues to search for a 34-year-old crewman reported missing Thursday from the 450-foot Panamanian-flagged Motor Tanker Golden Elizabeth somewhere between the entrance to Delaware Bay and the entrance to Chesapeake Bay. The search began after the Golden Elizabeth crew reported that […]
The Marnie Fisheries Commission (MFC) Southeast Regional Advisory Committee The Marnie Fisheries Commission (MFC) Southeast Regional Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, June 14, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at Dobo Hall at UNC-W, Wilmington in room 226. Please note the change in location.The committee will receive updates on MFC Activities and […]
Proposed Rule Would End Overfishing on Several Species NOAA Fisheries has published a proposed rule to implement Amendment 13C to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region. Amendment 13C proposes management measures to end overfishing of snowy grouper, golden tilefish, vermilion snapper, and black sea bass and measures to […]
NOAA Developing Strategies to Improve Data Collection in Recreational Fisheries In response to the National Research Council (NRC) Review of Recreational Survey Methods, NOAA Fisheries is developing strategies to improve recreational fishing data collection that addresses issues and recommendations contained in the report. The NRC identified over 200 findings and recommendations associated with the Marine […]
COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR MERRILL Portsmouth, Va. — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for Mr. Phillip Merrill, missing since last Saturday after he was reported overdue from a day trip on Chesapeake Bay. The search began for Merrill on Saturday evening after he was reported overdue. Searchers located his boat near Breezy […]
COAST GUARD ATLANTIC AREA, NAVY SECOND FLEET, FBI PARTICIPATE IN MARITIME HOMELAND SECURITY EXERCISE PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Atlantic Area (the lead federal agency), Navy Second Fleet and the FBI are participating in Exercise Frontier Sentinel June 12-14 approximately 90 nautical miles east of Oregon Inlet, N.C. In particular, the exercise will gauge […]
SEARCH FOR PHILLIP MERRILL CONTINUES PORTSMOUTH, Va – Coast Guard and Maryland Natural Resources Police crews continue the effort to locate Phillip Merrill, 72 after he and his 41-foot sail boat were reported overdue Saturday evening. A 41-foot Utility Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Annapolis, a boatcrew from Station Oxford along with a helicopter […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREAPreston 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 changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Tuesday, June 13, 2006.All those waters in Onslow and Pender Counties will […]
Critical Habitat Re-Proposed for the Wintering Population of Piping Plovers in North Carolina – Public invited to comment –The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to redesignate critical habitat for the wintering population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus) along portions of the coast in Dare and Hyde counties, North Carolina.Areas proposed for re-designation […]
