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 changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Saturday, December 29, 2007. All those waters in Onslow and […]
Coast Guard Releases Top Ten Rescue Videos of 2007 PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard Headquarters released a video compilation of the services most dramatic rescues of 2007. These harrowing rescues confirm the critical lifesaving role performed by the Coast Guard in service to our nation. Since 1790, the Coast Guard has saved more than one million lives, […]
Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Southeast Regional Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Southeast Regional Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 8, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at the DENR Regional Office located at 127 Cardinal Drive in Wilmington. The AC will receive brief updates on recent MFC and DMF activities. […]
MARINE PATROL ARRESTS MAN SHELLFISHING IN POLLUTED AREA MOREHEAD CITY – State Marine Patrol officers kept potentially tainted shellfish from reaching the fish markets last week by arresting a man caught clamming in polluted waters. John William Labadie, 45, of 227 Center St., Newport, faces a charge of taking clams from polluted waters, […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – BEACH SEINES: ATLANTIC OCEAN Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M., Wednesday, January 2, 2008, the season for the harvest of striped bass with beach seines in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina SHALL OPEN. The following restrictions shall apply: […]
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 changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Saturday, December 22, 2007. All those waters in Brunswick, Pender, […]
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 changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Friday, December 21, 2007. All those waters in Carteret and […]
Public Comment Sought on Commercial Wahoo/Dolphin Fishery Access NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on a proposal to control future access to the commercial dolphin/wahoo fishery operating in the exclusive economic zone of the South Atlantic. If changes to the management regime are developed and implemented under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens […]
NOAA Releases The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States NOAA has announced the release of The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States, a report that provides new insight into the complex and biologically rich habitats found in deeper waters off the U.S. and around the world. Called for in […]
LATEST NEWS ON U.S. EFFORTS TO DEVELOP THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS From September 2006 through February 2007, the National Marine Protected Areas Center released the Draft Framework for Developing the National System of Marine Protected Areas for public comment. In response, the MPA Center received over 11,000 submissions from around the nation […]
