River Herring Limits Set for Inland Fishing Waters RALEIGH, N.C. (March 15, 2006)  The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission reminds fishermen to observe regulations on river herring when fishing coastal rivers this season. The daily creel limit for alewife and blueback herring, collectively known as river herring, is 25 fish larger than 6 inches. This […]
WEAKFISH COMMERCIALPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:00 Noon, Friday, March 17, 2006, the following restrictions will apply to the commercial weakfish fishery:I. COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS, EXCLUDING HOOK-AND-LINE, SIZE LIMITS:A. No person may take, possess, transport, buy, sell, or offer for sale weakfish less than 12 inches […]
CUTTER RETURNS FROM TWO-MONTH COUNTER DRUG PATROL PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard Cutter Bear is scheduled to return Thursday to Integrated Support Command, Portsmouth at 10 a.m. after completing an eight-week patrol in the Caribbean conducting anti-terrorism operations under Joint Interagency Task Force South. Bear’s crew has spent four of the last five months conducting […]
MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee The MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 22, at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the CMAST Bldg. Room 205 in Morehead City, NC. The committee will review final edits of the completed draft report, approve the final draft report, and discuss […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – OCEAN TRAWL: ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Friday, March 17, 2006, the season for the harvest of striped bass with ocean trawls in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina WILL OPEN. The following restrictions will apply:I. SIZE LIMITNo person […]
FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Friday, March 17, 2006, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial flounder fishery:I. HARVEST LIMITSA. During the period beginning at 12:01 A.M., Friday, March 17, 2006 and ending at 6:00 P.M., […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01A.M., Friday, March 17, 2006, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15.3’N. Latitude):I. SIZE LIMITIt is unlawful to possess black sea […]
Marine Fisheries Commission Strategic Habitat Area (SHA) Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission Strategic Habitat Area (SHA) Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, March 20, at 10 am at the CMAST Building, Room #205, located at 303 College Circle in Morehead City, North Carolina.The committee will receive a summary on a draft report, which describes […]
Record-Breaking Rainbow Trout Caught in Jackson County RALEIGH, N.C. (March 14, 2006) – The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced that Sapphire angler Leah Johnson landed a new North Carolina State Freshwater Fishing Record, after hauling in a 20-pound, 3-ounce rainbow trout from Horsepasture River in Jackson County on Jan. 28. Leah Johnson displays her state […]
MMS to Hold Public Hearing A federal agency developing a plan for oil and natural gas drilling off Florida’s shores has agreed to hold a public hearing in Tallahassee next month. The Minerals Management Service, part of the Interior Department, last week began holding a series of 13 meetings on its next five-year Outer Continental […]
