Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHPP) Steering Committee The Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHPP) Steering Committee will meet on June 12 at 10 am at the Craven County Cooperative Extension Center, 300 Industrial Drive, New Bern. Issues for the agenda at present will be the MFC’s petition/request to the EMC regarding stormwater and the role of […]
NCMFC Public Information Committee The NCMFC Public Information Committee will meet on June 13 at 1 p.m. at the Beaufort Community College Board Room, Building 10, 5337 Hwy 64 East, Washington, NC.Contact Nancy Fish at 252-726-7021 if you have any questions. NCMFC Public Information Committee The NCMFC Public Information Committee will meet on June 13 […]
NCMFC Finfish Advisory Committee The NCMFC Finfish Advisory Committee will meet on June 13 at 10 a.m. at the Beaufort Community College Board Room, Building 10, 5337 Hwy 64 East, Washington, NC.Contact Lee Paramore at 252-473-5734 if you have any questions. NCMFC Finfish Advisory Committee The NCMFC Finfish Advisory Committee will meet on June 13 […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREAPreston 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 effective at sunrise, Thursday, June 8, 2006, the leases located in Carteret County that were closed exclusively for relaying purposes WILL REOPEN to the […]
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 TO ENFORCE BOATING TRAFFIC ON ELIZABETH RIVER FOR THIS WEEKEND’S HARBOR FEST PORTSMOUTH, Va. — With this weekend’s Norfolk Harbor Fest about to commence, the Coast Guard will be enforcing safety zones on the Elizabeth River Friday through Sunday. The Coast Guard will be enforcing boating traffic between Towne Point Reach on the […]
NOAA Scientists Report on Lingering Effects of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill NOAA has been involved in evaluating the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which took place on March 24, 1989 when the tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound, AK. NOAA continues to […]
Bluefin Tuna Measures Provide for a School-Size Fishery NOAA Fisheries Service has published a final rule to set Atlantic bluefin tuna quotas and effort controls, with some changes from the proposed rule. Based on a new analysis of the methodologies used to estimate recreational harvest, the final rule includes a 40.9 metric ton increase in […]
GILL NETS – CAPE FEAR RIVERPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 8:00 A.M., Friday, June 9, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the gill net fishery in the lower Cape Fear River:I. AREA: All waters of the lower Cape Fear River bounded on the north by […]
SCUP – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M. WEdnesday, June 7, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the taking of scup for recreational purposes from the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N Latitude): I. MINIMUM SIZE LIMITNo person […]
