THE MFC ADVISORMarine Fisheries Commission Business MeetingOcracoke, North CarolinaNov. 17 – 18, 2005The Marine Fisheries Commission and the Division of Marine Fisheries continue to look for ways to keep committee advisors and the public informed about commission activities. It is our intent to publish the MFC Advisor after each business meeting, summarizing the meeting, and […]
2005 OYSTER RESTRICTIONSPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at sunrise, Thursday, November 24, 2005 mechanical harvest of oysters shall be allowed and the following restrictions will apply:I. MEANS AND METHODSMECHANICAL HARVEST RESTRICTIONS: 1. Oysters may be taken by mechanical methods (See General Information Section VII. E.,G. and H. […]
Intercommission Review Committee (IRC) The Intercommission Review Committee (IRC) will meet in Morehead City on December 5 at 10 am at the CMAST Building (room 305) on the campus of Carteret Community College. The IRC is composed of two members each from the Environmental Management, Coastal Resources, and Marine Fisheries commissions. The IRC provides oversight […]
Salvage Operations Resume for Capsized Barge Salvage and clean-up operations resumed yesterday after rough weather that moved into the area Tuesday had suspended all operations. Divers surveyed the barge Saturday evening and discovered a 2.5-foot by 8-foot hole in the top of the number 3 starboard cargo tank. The number 3 starboard cargo tank was […]
NOAA ISSUES FINAL 2005-2006 U.S. WINTER OUTLOOK: ENSO conditions unlikely to impact Winter Nov. 17, 2005  As meteorological winter approaches, the NOAA Climate Prediction Center issued the final update to the 2005-2006 U.S. Winter Outlook. For December through February, the outlook continues to call for this winter to be warmer than the 30-year average. […]
NOAA ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR DAM AND STREAM BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECTS The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the availability of up to $6 million in financial assistance for the Open Rivers Initiative. This program will provide grants, anticipated to range from $50,000-$250,000, for communities to remove obsolete and derelict stream barriers. “Many small communities and […]
Fifth generation of endangered whooping cranes enter Kentucky enroute to FloridaNearly halfway to their winter destination, twenty ultralight-led whoopingcranes entered Shelby County, Kentucky today to begin the southeasternportion of their 1,228-mile fall migration to their winter home atChassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge in Crystal River, along Florida’sgulf coast.On October 14, the birds left Necedah National Wildlife […]
DUTCH HARBOR-UNALASKA, ALASKA AND NEW BEDFORD, MASS., LAND TOP U.S. FISHING PORTS RANKINGS FOR 2004 Commercial fishermen unloaded 886.4 million pounds of fish and shellfish at the port of Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska, last year, making it the country’s top port for landings in 2004, the NOAA Fisheries Service announced today. The port of New Bedford, […]
NOAA STUDY SHOWS NEATNESS COUNTS IN PREVENTING DOLPHIN ENTANGLEMENT IN CRAB POT FISHEREIS Reducing bottlenose dolphin entanglements in the South Carolina crab pot fishery may be as simple as keeping the rope tied to the pot in a straight untangled line as it goes into the water, according to NOAA researchers. The study, prepared for […]
COMMERCIAL FLOUNDER SEASON CLOSES IN DECEMBER FOR INTERNAL WATERS MOREHEAD CITY – The commercial season for flounder harvested from North Carolina’s internal coastal waters will close for the entire month of December. This commercial closure is part of a suite of measures enacted by the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission as part of the Southern Flounder […]
