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STATE RELEASES REPORT CARD ON HEALTH OF FISHERIES

STATE RELEASES REPORT CARD ON HEALTH OF FISHERIES North Carolina Stocks Remain Stable. MOREHEAD CITY – North Carolina’s coastal and ocean fisheries remained relatively stable this year, according to the state’s annual stock status report, with striped mullet being the bright spot, as the stock was upgraded from recovering to viable.While the striped mullet meets […]

Circle Hook Standings 2006

N.C. Governor’s Cup Billfish Conservation Series Circle Hook Standings 2006Standings as of 8/4/2006   Boat Name Private/Charter Owner/Captain City/State Points 1 Job Site P Bill Farrior/David Chappell Morehead City, NC 1500 2 Outlaw P Ken Miller Hatteras, NC 1000 3 Barbara B P William Blount Atlantic Beach, NC 775 4 Impulse C Donald Lane Morehead […]

Billfish Conservation Series Standings 2006

N.C. Governor’s Cup Billfish Conservation Series Standings 2006 Standings as of 8/4/2006   Boat Name Private/Charter Owner/Captain City/State Points 1 Frequent Flyer C Gary Joyner/ Glynn Loftin Morehead City, NC 3225 2 Desperado P Ken Coffer/ Timothy Kidwell Carolina Beach, NC 2400 3 Job Site P Bill Farrior/David Chappell Morehead City, NC 1825 4 Release […]

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA

SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following shellfish area temporary closures will take effect immediately:No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels or […]

Coast Guard Searches for Missing Fisherman

Coast Guard Searches for Missing Fisherman PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is searching for a scallop fisherman who fell overboard early this morning about 20 miles off Wachapreague, Va. The man was last seen at about 12:30 a.m. when he got up to use the bathroom. The crew of the fishing vessel Captain Garland […]

Good Samaritans Rescue Seven

Good Samaritans Rescue Seven PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Good Samaritans rescued seven people from a sport fisher this morning about 30 miles east of Ocean City, Md. The Coast Guard received a report that the 60-foot Dream Catcher was taking on water at 5:30 a.m. The reporting vessel told Coast Guard controllers that several fishing boats in the area were coming to […]

North Carolina Man Rescued After Drifting at Sea for Four Hours Without a Lifeve

North Carolina Man Rescued After Drifting at Sea for Four Hours Without a Lifevest Wrightsville Beach, N.C., – A North Carolina man was rescued this afternoon four hours after a good Samaritan reported seeing his 33-foot Contender boat at sea with no one aboard. William Bright, a 55-year-old Wilmington, N.C., resident, was rescued by a […]

Shellfish Advisory Committee

Shellfish Advisory Committee The next meeting of the Marine Fisheries Commission Shellfish Advisory Committee will be held Monday, August 14, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held in Room 305 of the CMAST Building at Carteret Community College, located at 303 College Circle in Morehead City, NC. The committee will receive a report from […]

Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee

 Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission Bay Scallop FMP Advisory Committee will be held on Monday, August 21, at 6 p.m., in Room 305, CMAST Building, 303 College Circle, Morehead City, NC. The committee will finalize its management and research recommendations and review the Draft Bay Scallop FMP, which is scheduled for […]

Coast Guard Celebrates 216 Years of Service

Coast Guard Celebrates 216 Years of Service PORTSMOUTH, Va., – Local Coast Guard units plan on celebrating the Coast Guard’s 216th year of serving the American public and protecting the nations waterways tomorrow. August 4, 1790, the Revenue Cutter Service was born when the 1st Congress approved the building of 10 cutters to enforce tariff […]