Month: March 2007

BLACK SEA BASS â€ââââ

BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Sunday, April 1, 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 […]

MAN MEDEVACED FROM SHIP FAR OFFSHORE

MAN MEDEVACED FROM SHIP FAR OFFSHORE  PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a man from a motor vessel 430 miles southwest of Bermuda after he suffered injuries to his hand Tuesday. The Coast Guard received a report of an injured crew member on the Antigua-flagged vessel CSCL Genoa, a 641-foot freight ship, […]

ESTABLISHING A N. C. WILDLIFE RAMP

ESTABLISHING A N. C. WILDLIFE RAMP DEAR FISHERMAN, FISHERWOMAN, PADDLER, JET SKIER, BOATER, WATER ENTHUSIAST AND ALL WHO LOVE BEING ON THE WATER. FOR OVER 1 ½ YEARS THE PROCESS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR ESTABLISHING A N. C. WILDLIFE RAMP, TO BE LOCATED ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF RTE. 58 TOWARDS EMERALD ISLE, AT […]

NOAA Fisheries Participates in Press Conference to Discuss Ending Overfishing

NOAA Fisheries Participates in Press Conference to Discuss Ending Overfishing NOAA Fisheries’ Assistant Administrator, Dr. Bill Hogarth joined representatives from National Geographic and the National Environmental Trust on March 20, 2007, for a press conference on the state of the world’s oceans. The recently reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Act was a major focus of the event. The […]

Red Drum Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Advisory Committee (AC)

Red Drum Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Advisory Committee (AC) The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Red Drum Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Advisory Committee (AC) will convene on Tuesday, April 3, at 6 p.m. The AC will meet in the main conference room, DENR Washington Regional Office Building, Washington, North Carolina. The AC will receive orientation regarding […]

SAFETY BOARD DETERMINES 2006 MASSACHUSETTS FERRY FIRE CAUSED BY DIESEL FUEL CONT

SAFETY BOARD DETERMINES 2006 MASSACHUSETTS FERRY FIRE CAUSED BY DIESEL FUEL CONTACT WITH HOT ENGINE SURFACE ************************************************************Washington, DC – The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the fire on board the small passenger vessel Massachusetts was the ignition of diesel fuel by contact with a hot engine surface, which occurred because […]

COAST GUARD, GOOD SAMIRITANS RESCUE FISHERMAN FROM SUNKEN VESSEL

COAST GUARD, GOOD SAMIRITANS RESCUE FISHERMAN FROM SUNKEN VESSEL PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard crews and good Samaritans assisted with the rescue of two North Carolina fishermen in the Pamlico Sound off the coast of North Carolina Monday night. A 47-foot motor lifeboat from Station Oregon Inlet, N.C., and an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air […]

MECHANICAL HARVEST OF CLAMS

MECHANICAL HARVEST OF CLAMSDr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 9:00 A.M., Wednesday, March 21, 2007, the following area will close to the harvest of clams by mechanical means:I. AREA: CARTERET COUNTY Core Creek Area: All public bottoms in the maintained cut of the Intracoastal Waterway in […]

Southeast Regional Advisory Committee

Southeast Regional Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission Southeast Regional Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 27, at 6 p.m., at the DENR Regional Office in Wilmington. The committee will receive updates on the most recent Marine Fisheries Commission business meeting held in Carolina Beach and on MFC/DMF activities that affect the Southeast District. […]

BLACK SEA BASS â€ââââ

BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANDr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Saturday, March 17, 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 […]