U.S., European Union to strengthen cooperation to combat illegal fishing September 7, 2011 NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco and Maria Damanaki, European Union commissioner for maritime affairs and fisheries, will sign a historic statement today pledging bilateral cooperation to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, known as IUU fishing — a first for the longstanding […]
LARGE MESH GILL NETS: INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS Dr. Louis B. Daniel III Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at one hour before sunset on Monday, September 12, 2011, the following provisions shall apply to the use of large mesh gill nets: I. SUSPENSION OF PORTION OF MARINE FISHERIES RULE 15A NCAC 03J […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Jeffrey P. Engel, M.D., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following change in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Friday, September 2, 2011. All those waters in Onslow and […]
Agenda Set for Rescheduled Marine Fisheries Commission Meeting MOREHEAD CITY – A revised agenda has been set for next week’s N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission meeting in Raleigh. The agenda includes the same topics for discussion that were scheduled for this week’s meeting, but the order of some of the presentations has changed. This […]
