N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission members Dr. B.J. Copeland, Bradley Styron, David Beresoff and David Hilton will meet June 6 at 1 p.m. at the Division of Marine Fisheries, 3441 Arendell Street, Morehead City, to begin drafting a letter to the N.C. General Assembly. The letter is to express dissatisfaction with the […]
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 the following changes in shellfish harvesting area will take effect at sunrise, Thursday, June 1, 2006.All those waters in Carteret and Onslow counties will […]
Georgetown Blue Marlin tournament hosts second leg of billfishing series Forty-eight boats braved the weather during the second tournament in the 18th season of the South Carolina Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series, the Georgetown Blue Marlin Tournament, when it was held May 17-20 at the Georgetown Landing Marina. The Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series features five tournaments […]
Atlantic white-cedar wetlands being restored in South Carolina Atlantic-white-cedar swamps, which were once a common part of the South Carolina landscape but have largely disappeared, are the focus of several restoration efforts in the state. Nationwide attention will be drawn to Atlantic white-cedar ecosystems during a June 6-8 symposium to be held in Atlantic City, […]
NMFS Announces 2006 Bluefin Quotas and Effort Controls For a full description of this action please visit the library. The BFT retention limits are as follows: The coastwide General category Atlantic BFT fishery will reopen on June 1, 2006. The daily retention limit will be three large medium or giant BFT (73 inches or greater) […]
New Report Shows Landmark Success of Wildlife Grants Program RALEIGH, N.C. (May 26, 2006) – The nation’s 50 state fish and wildlife agencies aren’t waiting around for more wildlife to be listed on the Endangered Species List. According to a new report that documents the last five years of the State Wildlife Grants Program, state […]
THE BLUE MARLIN ARE OUT THERE!Crystal Watters On the last day of the Swansboro Rotary Tournament, angler Butch Bryant aboard his father’s boat Maggie caught at big blue marlin weighing in at 553 lbs. to win the annual Memorial Day Tournament.“It took us about an hour and a half to get it to the boat”, […]
Sportfishing Coalition Lauds Improvements to Fisheries Bill by House Resources Committee WASHINGTON – A coalition of leading recreational angling and conservation organizations welcomed today’s action in the U.S. House of Representatives to advance an update of the country’s most important marine fisheries law. The House Resources Committee voted to send H.R. 5018, the American Fisheries […]
Extension of Comment Period on Striped Bass On April 24, NOAA Fisheries announced its intention to re-open the scoping process on the recommendations contained in Amendment 6 to Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass. NOAA Fisheries originally conducted scoping on the matter in 2003, but decided to re-open […]
COAST GUARD RESCUES AND ASSISTS 48 BOATERS OVER WEEKEND PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard Fifth District crews rescued or assisted 48 boaters over the course of Memorial Day weekend. In 53 total cases, units from Atlantic City, N.J., to Wilmington, N.C., responded to distress calls, flare sightings and medical emergencies. The Fifth District’s area of […]
