Month: September 2007

2007 Lady Angler Tournament

2007 Lady Angler Tournament   The 2007 Lady Angler Tournament will be held on September 8, 2007 with registration on Friday, September 7th at the Garage Mahal  (that’s at 511 Clarendon Ave, Carolina Beach ). Registration will be from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm during the Captain’s Party.   We’re having a Shrimparoo and  live […]

COAST GUARD MEDEVACS SICK BOATER

COAST GUARD MEDEVACS SICK BOATER PORTSMOUTH, Va.  – A Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., air crew responded to a mariner suffering from chest pain 37 miles off the coast of North Carolina today.An HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City hoisted a 58 year-old man from the 100-foot charter vessel Continental Shelf […]

GILL NETS – CAPE FEAR RIVER

GILL NETS –  CAPE FEAR RIVERDr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 P.M., Monday, September 3, 2007, the following restrictions will apply to the gill net fishery in the lower Cape Fear River:I. AREA DESCRIPTION: All waters of the lower Cape Fear River bounded on the […]

2007 SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLING

2007 SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLINGDr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the following area will open to shrimping and crab trawling, effective at 5:00 P.M., Sunday, September 2, 2007:I.   AREACARTERET COUNTYJarrett Bay- South of a line beginning on Davis Island 34° 45.4497’N – 76° 29.2512’W; running northwesterly to a […]

Federal Agencies Announce Availability of Sea Turtle Five-year Status Reviews

Federal Agencies Announce Availability of Sea Turtle Five-year Status Reviews   The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries   Service (Agencies) jointly announced today the completion and   availability of six five-year status reviews for federally listed sea   turtles: Olive ridley sea turtle; Kemp’s ridley sea turtle; Leatherback   sea turtle; Green sea turtle; Hawksbill sea […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

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, Friday, August 31, 2007.ONSLOW AND CARTERET COUNTIESAll those waters in Onslow […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

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 change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Thursday, August 30, 2007.CARTERET COUNTYNorth River will return to the status […]

Virginia Produces World Record Croaker

Portsmouth fisherman hauls in world-record croaker Norman Jenkins of Portsmouth holds the largest croaker ever caught, at 8 pounds, 11 ounces. With Jenkins is longtime fishing buddy Sammy Brooks of Portsmouth. SPECIAL TO THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT By LEE TOLLIVER, The Virginian-Pilot © August 18, 2007 | Last updated 7:41 PM Aug. 21 Norman Jenkins has given […]