State Releases 2009 Landings Report MOREHEAD CITY – North Carolina’s 2009 commercial finfish harvest was up by 17 percent over the previous year, but decreased harvest in shrimp and crabs dropped commercial dockside seafood sales by 4 percent in 2009, according to an annual landings report produced by the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries. […]
Multi-agency search for missing man in Pamlico River, N.C. WASHINGTON, N.C. – The Coast Guard and other responders are searching for an approximately 70-year-old man Monday, after reports that he fell off his 19-foot Sea Ox into the Pamlico River near Goose Creek State Park, about 10 miles east of Washington. The crew of the tug Island Girl called Station […]
Fisheries Commission Revises Gill Net Regulations RALEIGH – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission today revised regulations to address interactions with sea turtles in the state’s gill net fishery and settle the recent lawsuit filed in federal court. The regulations take effect Saturday and apply year-round to all gill nets between 4-inches and […]
Coast Guard suspends search for missing N.C. boaters ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard suspended its search at 8:10 p.m. Wednesday for two missing men after their 31-foot Fountain boat capsized Tuesday morning and a third man aboard was rescued 30 miles outside of Beaufort Inlet near Big Rock in Carteret County. Missing are […]
