Public Comment Sought on Blue Crab Management Proposals RALEIGH – Fishermen will get a chance to comment on the future of crab fishing in North Carolina at a series of public meetings to be held in the coming weeks. The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold six meetings to receive public comments on Draft […]
Dredging to begin near Shallotte Inlet Crossing, NC WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard advised mariners Tuesday that dredging is scheduled to begin Thursday within the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Federal Channel near Shallotte Inlet Crossing in Brunswick County, N.C. The project will continue 24 hours a day until Jan. 1, 2012. Dredge operators will monitor […]
Merchant ship crews respond to sailor’s call for assistance off Bermuda PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Crewmembers aboard two merchant ships responded to the Coast Guard’s call for assistance to medevac a Canadian man reportedly experiencing signs of a heart attack aboard his sailboat 170 miles southwest of Bermuda, Thursday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th […]
Coast Guard warns mariners of shoaling at Oregon Inlet, NC WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard warned mariners of shoaling near the center span of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge at Oregon Inlet, N.C., Thursday. A survey conducted this week by the Army Corps of Engineers noted water depths as low as two feet in […]
GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 8:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 12, 2011, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets in the following areas: I. AREA DESCRIPTION A. In Croatan and Roanoke, Albemarle and Currituck sounds, […]
SPOTTED SEATROUT RECREATIONAL Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective 12:01 A.M., Monday, November 14, 2011, the following will apply to spotted seatrout in the recreational fishery: I. SPOTTED SEATROUT RULE SUSPENSION North Carolina Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 03M .0504 (a) and (b) are suspended. II. MINIMUM […]
SPOTTED SEATROUT COMMERCIAL Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective 12:01 A.M. Monday, November 14, 2011, the following will apply to spotted seatrout for commercial purposes: I. SPOTTED SEATROUT RULE SUSPENSION North Carolina Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 03M .0504 (a) is suspended. II. MINIMUM SIZE LIMIT It […]
