U.S. House Makes Strong Statement Against Marine Monument July 14, 2016 — The following was released by the National Coalition for Fishing Communities: WASHINGTON (NCFC) — The U.S. House of Representatives made a strong statement against the declaration of marine monuments last night, passing an amendment offered by Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-New York) to bar […]
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard rescued one person from the water in Isle of Wight Bay in Ocean City, Maryland, Monday. A Coast Guard crew aboard a 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water was transiting through Isle Of Wight Bay near the Route 50 bridge when they came upon two people in the water who had […]
PHILADELPHIA – The multi-agency search for a missing diver was suspended, after a body matching the description of the missing individual was recovered in the Shark river Inlet, near Belmar, New Jersey, Sunday afternoon. Participating in the search was the Coast Guard, Avon-By-The-Sea Police Department, Belmar Police Department and the New Jersey State Police, Area […]
MOREHEAD CITY – The marine fisheries division has certified a new state record for pigfish. Jason Edwards of Rocky Mount caught the 2-pound, 12-ounce fish May 23 while fishing on the Capt. Stacy IV in the Atlantic Ocean, about 30 miles southeast of Cape Lookout. The former state record for pigfish was 2 pounds, 4 […]
The annual June 1 through July 31 season closure is currently in effect. The gray triggerfish recreational fishing season will not reopen as scheduled on August 1, 2016. Instead it will remain closed until December 31 and reopen on January 1, 2017, the beginning of the 2017 recreational fishing year. Currently, the annual catch limit […]
Registration Open Through Thursday Night! New Gretna, NJ – The merger of the North Atlantic Shark Tournament and the Monster Shark Tournament has created the premier shark tournament in New England for 2016, The North Atlantic Monster Shark Tournament (NAMST) has a collective 30 year history and continues to be the bench mark for offshore […]
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council has scheduled a webinar meeting of its Standing and Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC), August 2, 2016. The meeting will begin at 1:00 pm Tuesday, August 2, 2016 and conclude no later than 3:30 pm. To register for the webinar, click here. The items […]
NOAA Fisheries announces federal waters from 9 to 200 nautical miles off Texas will open to shrimp trawling at 30 minutes after official sunset, local time, on July 15, 2016, corresponding to the time Texas opens its waters to shrimp trawling. The waters off Texas are closed to shrimp fishing annually to allow […]
The commercial harvest of greater amberjack in Gulf of Mexico federal waters will close, effective 12:01 a.m. (local time) July 17, 2016, until 12:01 a.m. (local time) January 1, 2017. NOAA Fisheries has determined the 2016 greater amberjack commercial quota (annual catch target) of 394,470 pounds whole weight will be caught by July 17, […]
Application Deadline is August 5, 2016 The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is accepting applications for membership on a newly created Ad Hoc Red Snapper Private Angler Advisory Panel. The charge of the panel is to develop fair and effective ways to mitigate the derby fishing occurring in the private angler component of […]
