FISHERIES HEARING FOCUSES ON SHRIMP AND MULLET MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will hold a hearing on April 4, at 7 p.m. at the Regional Office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 943 Washington Square Mall, in Washington, N.C. Public input is needed on the following proposed shrimp rules, which […]
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 closure will take effect immediately:No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels or […]
Notice of Integrated Registration Program NOAA Fisheries Service is increasing the number of fisheries for which the Marine Mammal Authorization Program (MMAP) registration is integrated with existing state and Federal fishery licensing and permitting programs. MMAP registration will be integrated for state fisheries permitted through the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS OF CARTERET, CRAVEN, BEAUFORT, AND PAMLICO COUNTIES, PUNGO RIVER, WEST BAY AND PAMLICO SOUNDPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 P.M., Friday, March 31, 2006, the striped bass season WILL CLOSE in the areas described below for […]
COAST GUARD TO BEGIN REMOVAL OF BUOYS IN OLD TOPSAIL CREEK, N.C. PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Due to heavy shoaling, all of the navigational buoys in Old Topsail Creek are scheduled for removal by the Coast Guard this week. Water depths in this North Carolina inlet have become too shallow and dynamic for Coast Guard buoy […]
South Carolina Monofilament Recycling Program Question: What is monofilament? Answer: Monofilament is fishing line. Monofilament is typically a single strand, strong, flexible plastic that is clear or tinted blue, pink, or green. Question: Why should we recycle monofilament? Answer: Monofilament is harmful to wildlife and a nuisance to boaters. By recycling monofilament we are able […]
COAST GUARD AIDES SHIPWRECKED MAINE FISHERMAN BOSTON – Crews from Station Chatham and Air Station Cape Cod searched today for two Maine fisherman who jumped overboard after their fishing trawler ran aground at Nauset Beach, Mass., and started taking on water. Ian Orchard and Micheal Darragh, both from Orland, Maine, abandoned the 39-foot scalloper, JOSEPHINE, […]
STRIPED BASS RECREATIONAL SEASON – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREAPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:01 P.M., Monday, April 17, 2006 the season for striped bass taken for recreational purposes in the Albemarle Sound Management Area will open with the following restrictions:I. AREA DESCRIPTION: The Albemarle Sound Management […]
FISHERIES HEARING FOCUSES ON SHRIMP AND MULLETMOREHEAD CITY (March 27, 2006) – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will hold a hearing on April 4, at 7 p.m. at the Regional Office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 943 Washington Square Mall, in Washington, N.C.Public input is needed on the following proposed shrimp rules, […]
NATIONAL ICE CENTER CONFIRMS NEW ANTARCTIC ICEBERG March 24, 2006  An iceberg about the size of Martha’s Vineyard broke off from the Fimbul Ice Shelf, a large glacial ice sheet, located along the northwestern section of Queen Maud Land, in the eastern Weddell Sea near Antarctica. The National Ice Center, using visible satellite imagery […]
