Spring/summer commercial red drum season will not open MOREHEAD CITY – The spring/summer commercial fishing season for red drum will not open this year because the annual harvest limit was exceeded in the fall/winter season. Preliminary calculations of commercial red drum landings between Sept. 1 and Nov. 23 totaled 260,866 pounds, exceeding the annual […]
Funding agreement allows continued recreational water quality monitoring RALEIGH – The state will be able to continue water quality testing at 38 coastal swimming sites that had been on the chopping block due to cuts in federal funding. The Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership, or APNEP, provided a $20,000 grant to the N.C. Division of Marine […]
Finfish Advisory Committee to meet MOREHEAD CITY – The Finfish Advisory Committee will meet at 6 p.m. April 15 at the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Central District Office, 5285 Highway 70 West, Morehead City. The Finfish Committee is serving as the Striped Mullet Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee, advising the N.C. Division of […]
