MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION TO MEET NOVEMBER 30 & DECEMBER 1The Marine Fisheries Commission will meet on November 30 & December 1 at the Civic Center in Hatteras, NC. The meeting is open to the public. On November 29, the commission will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. at the same location to discuss fishery […]
Daily Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (BFT) Retention Limit 1. NMFS Extends Three-Fish General Category Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Daily Retention Limit Through December and Waives December Restricted Fishing Days The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) adjusts the daily Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) retention limit for vessels fishing under the General category quota for the 2006 fishing year […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, November 23, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery:I. PERMITSA. Finfish dealers may not buy more than 100 pounds of black sea bass […]
U.S. Protests Japan’s Announced Return to Whaling in the Antarctic The United States government has expressed deep regrets that Japan’s whaling fleet departed on November 15, 2006 to continue a controversial hunt for research purposes in the Antarctic. Japan has announced that it will kill up to 935 minke whales and ten fin whales under […]
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 […]
Saltwater Fishing License Will Be Required Jan. 1RALEIGH, N.C. (Nov. 16)  Effective Jan. 1, anyone 16 years and older fishing recreationally in North Carolina’s coastal waters will need a fishing license. Anglers under 16 will not need to purchase a license.A Coastal Recreational Fishing License (CRFL) will be required to harvest finfish in the […]
COAST GUARD ENFORCEMENT STEPS UP DURING PEAK STRIPED BASS FISHING PERIODS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is stepping up enforcement of federal regulations during Atlantic striped bass fishing season. Federal regulations do not permit striped bass fishing outside waters three nautical miles from land. Striped bass fishing is permitted inside state waters, or within […]
COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR WINDSURFER OFF VA. BEACH PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard continued searching today for a windsurfer who was reported missing off Virginia Beach Thursday. The 39-year-old man put in at 48th Street about noon and did not return. The Coast Guard received the overdue report from Virginia Beach police at 11:44 […]
Gillnet Fishing During the Right Whale Calving Season This is a notice that NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published in the Federal Register on November 15, 2006, two rules addressing gillnet fishing in the Southeast U.S. during the right whale calving season: a proposed rule, consisting of permanent measures, and an emergency rule, consisting […]
COAST GUARD CHANGES CHINCOTEAGUE BRIDGE REGULATIONS PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is changing the regulations that govern the operation of the State Route 175 Drawbridge (Chincoteague Bridge), across the Chincoteague Channel at Chincoteague Island, Va. The final rule that goes into effect Dec. 18, 2006, will provide for openings of the draw every 90 […]
