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, Friday, December 15, 2006.A portion of those waters in Onslow and Carteret […]
COASTAL RECREATIONAL FISHING LICENSE EXEMPTION PERMITPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division Of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective 12:01 A.M., Monday, January 1, 2007, the following requirements shall be met to obtain a permit for exemption from recreational fishing license requirements:I. COASTAL RECREATIONAL FISHING LICENSE EXEMPTION PERMIT REQUIREMENTSA. It is unlawful for individuals or organizations […]
GILL NETS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Saturday, December 16, 2006 the following provisions shall apply to the use of commercial large mesh gill nets in the Atlantic Ocean:I. AREA DESCRIPTION: The Atlantic Ocean II. COMMERCIAL NET AND SEASON CLOSURE RESTRICTIONS:It is […]
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, Thursday, December 14, 2006.Portions of those waters in Onslow, Carteret and Pamlico […]
BOATERS PROHIBITED FROM USING 121.5, 243 MHz EPIRBS BY 2007 WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard is advising boaters that, beginning Jan. 1, 2007, both 121.5 and 243 MHz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) are prohibited from use in commercial and recreational vessels. Boaters wishing to have an emergency rescue beacon aboard their vessel must […]
ASMFC Summer Flounder Board Sets 2007 TALNew York, New York – The Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board approved an initial total allowable landings (TAL) limit of 12.98 million pounds for the 2007 summer flounder fishery. The Board expects that this quota will enable the Secretary of Commerce to determine that […]
Control Date Under Consideration for King Mackerel Fishery June 15, 2004, is under consideration as a possible control date for the king mackerel fishery in the exclusive economic zone of the South Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic regions. This control date replaces an existing control date of October 16, 1995. Anyone who entered the fishery after June […]
Public Invited to Comment on List of Commercial Fisheries that Impact Marine Mammals NOAA Fisheries has published its proposed List of Fisheries for 2007, as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The proposed List of Fisheries for 2007 reflects new information on interactions between commercial fisheries and marine mammals. NOAA classifies each commercial […]
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act Passes Congress On December 8, 2006, in the final hours of the 109th Congress passed the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act. President Bush, through his Ocean Action Plan, made reauthorizing the Magnuson-Stevens Act a top priority. The President called for an end to overfishing, increased use […]
Council Weighs Input from Scientific Committee and AdvisorsMembers of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council utilized input from its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and advisory panels during its meeting in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina last week regarding a broad range of fisheries issues in the South Atlantic. Agenda items for review included marine protected […]
