Month: January 2007

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., Wednesday, January 31, 2007, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15.3’N. Latitude):I. SIZE LIMITIt is unlawful to possess black […]

FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, January 31, 2007, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial flounder fishery:I. HARVEST LIMITSA. During the period beginning at 12:01 A.M., Wednesday, January 31, 2007 and ending at 6:00 P.M., […]

Southern Shrimp Alliance Town Hall Meetings:Trade Actions, Byrd Amendment to be discussedThe Southern Shrimp Alliance will be conducting three Town Hall Meetings in North Carolina during the first week of February. Meeting dates and locations are as follows:February 7th at 6:00pm: NCDENR Regional Office943 Washington Square Mall Washington, NC 27889 (252) 946-6481February 8th at 6:00pm: […]

CRAB, EEL, FISH AND SHRIMP POTS Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the closed pot season will reopen effective at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 25, 2007 in the following area only:I. AREA DESCRIPTIONAll Coastal and Joint Fishing Waters of the state.II. GENERAL INFORMATIONA. This proclamation is issued under […]

DANIEL NAMED TO STATE’S TOP FISHERIES POSTMOREHEAD CITY – Dr. Louis Daniel has been named as the new director for the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and will begin his new duties Feb. 1.Daniel, 43, replaces Preston Pate, who served as the division’s director since 1997. The Division of Marine Fisheries has the lead role […]

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 […]

STRIPED BASS SEASON –GILL NETS : ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Tuesday, January 23, 2007 the season for the harvest of striped bass with gill nets in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina WILL OPEN. The following restrictions shall apply:I. SIZE LIMITNo […]

GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Thursday, February 1, 2007, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets in the ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA.I. AREA DESCRIPTION:The Albemarle Sound Management Area as described in Marine Fisheries Rule […]