Month: January 2008

PAMLICO SOUND GILL NET RESTRICTED AREA MEETINGS SET

PAMLICO SOUND GILL NET RESTRICTED AREA MEETINGS SET               MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold three public meetings in January to allow commercial fishermen to provide input into the management of the Pamlico Sound Gillnet Restricted Area.   Blake Price, a biologist in the Division of Marine Fisheries, will […]

COAST GUARD AVIATORS TO RECIEVE AWARDS FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE HEROICS

COAST GUARD AVIATORS TO RECIEVE AWARDS FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE HEROICS  PORTSMOUTH, VA – Six aircrews from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., will be recognized at an awards ceremony Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Elizabeth City for rescuing twelve mariners in adverse conditions last April and May. The awards stem from four separate search and rescue cases […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

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 […]