Month: October 2013

2013 SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLING Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that the following areas WILL OPEN to shrimping and crab trawling effective at 8:00 A.M., Wednesday, October 23, 2013. I.    AREA DESCRIPTION       BRUNSWICK COUNTY Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) – main IWW channel only from Marker # 1 (Southport) […]

Marine Fisheries requires pound net fishermen to check their nets daily MOREHEAD CITY – For the next two weeks, the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will require fishermen with pound nets in certain Carteret County waters to check their nets daily for sea turtles. The regulation applies to pound nets in southern Core Sound, Back […]