Releases dominate Big Rock’s second dayBruce Paul, Media DirectorJune 12, 2007Billfish releases and gamefish weigh-ins dominated the action Tuesday as the 49th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament completed its second day of competition.Anglers battled 53 billfish, including 33 blue marlin Tuesday but none were deemed large enough to meet the tournament minimum of 400 […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREADr. Louis B. Daniel III, 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, Wednesday, June 13, 2007.North River in Carteret County will return to […]
COASTAL RECREATIONAL FISHING LICENSE EXEMPTION PERMITDr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective 12:01 A.M., Thursday, June 14, 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 the responsible […]
PUBLIC HEARINGS SET ON PROPOSED RULES AFFECTING OCEAN STRIPED BASS FISHERYMOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will hold four public hearings this month on several proposed rules affecting the commercial ocean striped bass fishery.As ocean striped bass populations have improved, more fishermen have entered the fishery resulting in greater competition and conflicts between […]
LOCAL COAST GUARD RESCUES 13 OVER WEEKEND PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Thirteen people were rescued by Coast Guard crewmen from Station Portsmouth during the weekend. One crew rescued two adults and a child around midnight Saturday, when they became disoriented in a small boat on the James River. The Coast Guard arrived to assist just ahead of heavy […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, 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 closures will take effect immediately:No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels or […]
COAST GUARD ASSISTS TWO ADULTS, CHILD PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard crew assisted two adults and a three-year-old child after they became disoriented in foul weather on board their 18-foot boat in the upper James River early Saturday morning. Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads received a call at about midnight from the boat’s female […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREADr. Louis B. Daniel III, 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 effective at sunrise, Saturday, June 9, 2007, the leases located in Carteret County and the White Oak River area of Onslow County that […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREADr. Louis B. Daniel III, 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, June 7, 2007.All those waters in Carteret, Onslow and Pender […]
CREWS SEARCH ELIZABETH R. FOR NORFOLK MAN PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Search crews are looking for a man after his 40-foot sailboat was discovered adrift near Waterside in Norfolk, Va. this morning. Missing is James Scott Gibson, of Norfolk. Rescue boats from Coast Guard Station Portsmouth and Portsmouth Fire and Rescue, and an Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., based helicopter […]
