15th ANNUAL BALD HEAD ISLAND FISHING RODEO RESULTS Total Boats: 18 Day 1: Radiator Overflow not fishing Day 2: Impulsive, Radiator Overflow OVERALL TOURNAMENT WINNERS First Place Captain Ken Coffer, Carolina Beach, NC Desperado 273.68 $4,860 Second Place Captain Jerry Hedge, Wallace N.C. Pure Country 196.46 $2,916 Third Place Captain John Harriss, Wilmington, N.C. Carolina […]
COAST GUARD INVESTIGATING INCREASE IN VESSEL COLLISIONS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The U.S. Coast Guard is reminding licensed mariners, commercial fishing vessel captains and recreational boaters about the importance of complying with the Nautical Rules of the Road after an unusually high number of vessel collisions at the end of May. “In each case the collision […]
SCUP – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M. Monday, June 5, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the taking of scup for recreational purposes from the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N Latitude): I. MINIMUM SIZE LIMITNo person […]
BLACK SEA BASS – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M. Monday, June 5, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the taking of black sea bass for recreational purposes from the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N Latitude): I. […]
USCG CUTTER EAGLE SAILS IN FOR 30TH ANNUAL NORFOLK HARBORFEST PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle will participate in the Norfolk’s Harborfest 2006 Parade of Sail Friday, June 9. As the sole tall ship in United States government service, Eagle uniquely executes its two primary missions of training and representation. The demands […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M, Friday, June 2, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N. Latitude):I. SIZE LIMITIt is unlawful to possess black […]
N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission members Dr. B.J. Copeland, Bradley Styron, David Beresoff and David Hilton will meet June 6 at 1 p.m. at the Division of Marine Fisheries, 3441 Arendell Street, Morehead City, to begin drafting a letter to the N.C. General Assembly. The letter is to express dissatisfaction with the […]
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 area will take effect at sunrise, Thursday, June 1, 2006.All those waters in Carteret and Onslow counties will […]
Georgetown Blue Marlin tournament hosts second leg of billfishing series Forty-eight boats braved the weather during the second tournament in the 18th season of the South Carolina Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series, the Georgetown Blue Marlin Tournament, when it was held May 17-20 at the Georgetown Landing Marina. The Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series features five tournaments […]
Atlantic white-cedar wetlands being restored in South Carolina Atlantic-white-cedar swamps, which were once a common part of the South Carolina landscape but have largely disappeared, are the focus of several restoration efforts in the state. Nationwide attention will be drawn to Atlantic white-cedar ecosystems during a June 6-8 symposium to be held in Atlantic City, […]
