Some waters to reopen to flounder gill nets MOREHEAD CITY – North Carolina will allow commercial fishermen to use gill nets to harvest flounder and other fish in some coastal waters this summer, but they will have to throw back any red drum they catch. The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission voted last week to reopen […]
Marine Fisheries Artificial Reef Program to hold public meeting on New Hanover County reef sites MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Artificial Reef Program will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. May 29 at the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Wilmington Regional Office, 127 Cardinal Drive Extension, Wilmington. The […]
NOAA, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to hold public discussions with nation’s mariners and waterway stakeholders NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey is joining the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as hosts of a series of public discussions on navigational aid technology and information requirements. Coast Survey […]
Coastal waters close to large-mesh gill net fishing Monday MOREHEAD CITY – North Carolina internal coastal waters will close Monday to large-mesh gill net fishing to avoid discards of red drum. The closure will continue until at least June 1, after the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission discusses several issues related to this year’s overages […]
