Month: November 2013

Commercial Harvest of Red Porgy and Vermilion Snapper in South Atlantic Waters C

Commercial Harvest of Red Porgy and Vermilion Snapper in South Atlantic Waters Closes on December 2, 2013 Commercial harvest of red porgy and vermilion snapper in South Atlantic waters will close at 12:01 a.m. (local time) on December 2, 2013. The 2013 commercial catch limit for red porgy is 153,000 pounds whole weight. The 2013 […]

Commercial red drum season closes

Commercial red drum season closes  MOREHEAD CITY – Commercial fishermen have likely exceeded the red drum harvest limit allocated for the winter harvest period, and the season will close Saturday. Landings calculated just from electronically-submitted trip tickets showed fishermen have caught 144,258 pounds of the 150,000-pound harvest limit allocated for the Sept. 1 – April […]