COAST GUARD MEDEVACS INJURED BOATER PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Ocracoke, N.C., responded to a report of an injured boater today.The Coast Guard was notified at 7:23 p.m. that a 57 year-old woman had suffered an injury sustained from a fall while aboard the sail boat Meander approximately 14 miles off the coast […]
Eastern Oyster Not Endangered A biological review team has completed an Endangered Species Act (ESA) status review report for the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) and submitted it to NOAA Fisheries. The eastern oyster occurs naturally in a great diversity of habitats along the western Atlantic Ocean from the Canadian Maritime Provinces to the Gulf of […]
FISH FOR FREE JULY 4MOREHEAD CITY – Anglers can cast their lines into the surf without a fishing license and without fear of getting a ticket on Independence Day.State law establishes July 4 every year as a free fishing day for all public fishing waters in North Carolina – both saltwater and freshwater – as […]
COAST GUARD CREW MEDEVACS INJURED SAILOR PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a Navy crewman from the USS Bainbridge about 45 miles off Hatteras Island, N.C., today. The USS Bainbridge contacted the Coast Guard at about 3 p.m. to report that a 26-year-old female sailor had injuries to her face and one […]
GILL NET CHARGES LEVIEDMOREHEAD CITY – N.C. Marine Patrol acted quickly Wednesday to cite the owners of a gill net left in the mud at low tide in the Newport River. A N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries biologist received a call Wednesday morning informing him that someone had posted a video on YouTube that showed […]
