NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comments on Proposed Actions for Red Snapper in the South Atlantic Comment Period Ends May 29, 2013 NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on proposed actions in Amendment 28 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Amendment 28). The proposed rule published in the Federal […]
BLACK SEA BASS – RECREATIONAL PURPOSES – NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Sunday, May 19, 2013, the following restrictions will apply to the recreational black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15’N Latitude): I. SEASON – The recreational […]
Marine Fisheries Commission to Meet in Pine Knoll Shores MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet Feb. 27-March 1 at the Clam Digger Inn, 511 Salter Path Road, Pine Knoll Shores. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. Feb. 27, 9 a.m. Feb. 28 and 8:30 a.m. March 1. The meeting is open […]
Commerce Inspector General Begins Review of Catch Share Programs February 12, 2013 — The Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Commerce has begun a review of the controls and processes associated with NOAA’s catch share programs for commercial fisheries. This is a continuation of the multiple-phase review of the National […]
THE ABSURDITY OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PART 2 – WHEN DOES GOVERNMENT BECOME ACCOUNTABLE? In our first installment of the Absurdity of Fisheries Management series, the Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) shined the spotlight on the "fatally flawed" Marine Recreational Fishing Statistical Surveys (MRFSS) which the Department of Commerce is using today to essentially shut down ‘commerce’ […]
Commercial Harvest of Vermilion Snapper in South Atlantic Waters Will Close on February 13, 2013 Commercial harvest of vermilion snapper in South Atlantic waters will close, at 12:01 a.m. (local time) February 13, 2013. Commercial harvest will reopen at 12:01 a.m. (local time) on July 1, 2013. The 2013 January – June commercial catch limit […]
Coast Guard medevacs 2 from grounded boat near Morehead City NCPORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced two people Saturday from a grounded 34-foot boat near Spooner’s Creek just off the Intercoastal Waterway in Morehead City, N.C. A crewmember contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders at approximately 9:30 a.m. reporting their 34-foot boat ran […]
THE ABSURDITY OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PART 1 – WHEN NOAA MEANS NO As all saltwater fishermen are aware, President Bush signed the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 on January 12, 2007. In the six years since this law governing management of our coastal fishing industry- recreational and commercial alike – was […]
Coast Guard reminds fishermen of Atlantic Striped Bass restrictions WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard reminds recreational, charter and commercial fishermen of the ongoing moratorium of Atlantic Striped Bass in the exclusive economic zone of the U.S., which includes all waters from three nautical miles offshore to 200 nautical miles. As the primary federal […]
Public Scoping and Hearings for Snapper Grouper Species, Dolphin and Wahoo Begin January 22 If you fish in federal waters more than three miles off the South Atlantic coast, chances are there is a meeting scheduled in the coming weeks that is of interest to you. Members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council are […]
