Fishermen Needed for Upcoming 2013 Stock Assessments of Gray Triggerfish and Blueline Tilefish If you are an avid fisherman with experience in fishing for gray triggerfish or blueline tilefish, you may be eligible to participate in the upcoming 2013 stock assessment for these species. The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is soliciting volunteers to participate […]
Coast Guard restores aids in inlet near Topsail, NCWILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard has completed the replacement of the aids to navigation in New Topsail Inlet Thursday. The aids were temporarily removed in October 2011 due to severe shoaling in the area. The Army Corps of Engineers was able to dredge the inlet in […]
Commercial Harvest of the Jacks Complex Closed to Vessels Fishing in the South Atlantic Federal Waters The commercial harvest of the jacks complex in the South Atlantic federal waters is closed, effective 12:01 a.m. (local time) July 2, 2012, until 12:01 a.m. (local time) January 1, 2013. NOAA Fisheries Service has determined the 2012 commercial […]
2012 SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLING Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the following areas WILL CLOSE to shrimping and crab trawling effective at 5:00 P.M., Sunday, June 24, 2012: I. AREA DESCRIPTION BRUNSWICK COUNTY Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) – main IWW channel only from […]
Council Requests Emergency Rule to Allow Red Snapper Harvest this Year Limited harvest proposed through recreational three-day weekends and commercial mini-season During its meeting last week in Orlando, members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council requested an emergency rule be used to provide recreational and commercial fishermen the opportunity to harvest a limited number […]
NOAA Fisheries Service Has Implemented a Rebuilding Plan for Red Grouper in the South Atlantic NOAA Fisheries Service has implemented a rebuilding plan for red grouper. The red grouper stock of the South Atlantic was assessed in 2010 through the Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review Process. The assessment determined red grouper to be overfished (population […]
Coast Guard scheduled to re-establish aids to navigation in inlet near Holden Beach, NC WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard plans to replace the aids to navigation in the Lockwoods Folly Inlet near Holden Beach after the Army Corps of Engineers complete dredging of the inlet, which is scheduled for mid-to-late June. The Coast […]
RFA BLASTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND FISH FRAUD Catch Share Program Decimates Stocks & Bankrupts Recreational Sector (06/06/2012) In May of 2010, the Environmental Defense Fund officially saw their new Limited Access Privilege Programs launched in New England’s groundfishery with the support and encouragement of NOAA Fisheries. Two years later, the Gulf of Maine (GOM) […]
SNAPPER-GROUPER COMPLEX-COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 9:00 A.M., Thursday, June 7, 2012, the following restrictions will apply to the fisheries for snapper-grouper: I. Black Sea Bass, south of Cape Hatteras (35° 15.0321’ N. Latitude) A. For commercial purposes: […]
Coast Guard recovers swimmer off NC coast PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard crew recovered a 43-year-old male swimmer off the coast of Bald Head Island, N.C., Monday at approximately 8:30 p.m. At approximately 7 p.m., a Brunswick County dispatcher contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina reporting four people were in the water. […]
