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 change in shellfish harvesting area will take effect at sunrise, Friday, April 25, 2008. All those waters in Brunswick County […]
COMMERCIAL LANDINGS DOWN; DOCKSIDE VALUE UP IN 2007 MOREHEAD CITY — The amount of seafood commercial fishermen brought to the docks in North Carolina dropped for the fifth straight year in 2007, but the dockside value of the catch increased from 2006 figures. Commercial fishermen landed 62.9 million pounds of fish and shellfish […]
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 temporary closures will take effect immediately: No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams […]
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 change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Thursday, April 17, 2008. All those waters in Onslow and […]
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 change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Wednesday, April 16, 2008. All those waters in Carteret County […]
Council to Hold Public Hearing/Scoping Meeting Series in May Public input solicited on measures to end overfishing for gag, vermilion snapper, and red snapper; Also Ecosystem-base management and the protection of deepwater corals The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a series of public meetings May 7 -15, 2008 to solicit input […]
MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION TO MEET IN GREENVILLE MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will make choices affecting the future management of North Carolina’s red drum fishery when it meets this month in Greenville. The commission is scheduled to choose what to endorse from a draft amendment to a 2001 Red Drum […]
Coast Guard works with National Park Service to rescue two today. PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard and North Carolina National Park Service rescued two people whose boat capsized in the surf off Coquina Beach, near Oregon Inlet, N.C., this morning. Coast Guard watch standers at Station Oregon Inlet received a call from a retired […]
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 change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Saturday, April 12, 2008. All those waters in Carteret County […]
NEW ANGLER’S GUIDE AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC MOREHEAD CITY – A new, full-color angler’s guide is available to the public for free. The 131-page, pocket-sized booklet contains information about the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ recreational fishing programs, license requirements and ethical angling practices. It also features a large section that describes the biology […]
