Month: March 2014

New fisheries rules go into effect April 1 MOREHEAD CITY – Several new marine fisheries rules will go into effect April 1. The rules will: Give the director of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries proclamation authority to implement National Shellfish Sanitation Program harvester and dealer requirements for the protection of public health; Give the […]

2014 TEMPERATURE CONTROLS – CLOSED SEASON OYSTER HARVEST Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective April 1, 2014 the following restrictions will apply to the harvest, transport and storage of oysters taken from shellfish leases and franchises in Coastal Fishing Waters: I. TIME PERIOD          The following restrictions […]