GILL NETS – ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Monday, November 21, 2005, the following provisions shall apply to the use of gill nets in the ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA: I. AREA DESCRIPTION: The Albemarle Sound Management Area includes: Albemarle Sound […]
STRIPED BASS SEASON – BEACH SEINES: ATLANTIC OCEAN Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 6:00 A.M., Monday, December 5, 2005, the season for the harvest of striped bass with beach seines in the Atlantic Ocean waters of North Carolina SHALL OPEN. The following restrictions shall apply: I. […]
McIntyre Secures Over $41 Million for Coastal Projects Congressman McIntyre helped secure $41,606,000 for coastal projects in Southeastern North Carolina including the Wilmington Port, beaches, inlets and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. North Carolina’s beaches, waterways, and inlets are treasures that contribute so much to our economy, environment, and infrastructure protection. These funds will help these […]
NMFS Waives previously designated RFDs in November Based on a review of dealer reports, daily landing trends, available quota, weather conditions, and the availability of BFT on the fishing grounds, NMFS has determined that waiving RFDs and increasing the General category daily BFT retention limit on those RFDs previously established for the month of November […]
COAST GUARD MONITORS DISTRESSED OIL BARGE PORT ARTHUR, Texas – Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Port Arthur continues to monitor efforts to control flooding on the damaged U.S.-flagged tank barge DBL 152.Sometime shortly before midnight on Thursday, the barge struck an unknown submerged object while on a voyage from Houston to Tampa, Fla.At 12:01 a.m. […]
SAFMC Meeting – Carolina Beach, NC December 5-9, 2005Courtyard Marriott100 Charlotte AvenueCarolina Beach, NC 284281-800/458-3606 or 910/458-2050A public hearing for Amendment 13C to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan will be held in conjunction with the December 2005 Council meeting. The hearing will take place Monday, December 5, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. A copy of […]
56 States and Territories Have Submitted Wildlife Action Plans The N.C. Wildlife Action Plan includes a Statewide Survey of Frog Calls in 2006 WASHINGTON, D.C.  Interior Secretary Gale Norton announced yesterday that wildlife agencies from all 50 states and six U.S. territories have submitted Wildlife Action Plans for approval by the U.S. Fish and […]
The following public law provisions were enacted in 2005 with an effective date of November 1, 2005. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2005 SESSION LAW 2005-161 HOUSE BILL 702 AN ACT to INCREASE the MINIMUM age for persons who may OPERATE PERSONAL watercraft in the state. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION […]
DUTCH HARBOR-UNALASKA, ALASKA, AND NEW BEDFORD, MASS., LAND TOP U.S. FISHING PORTS RANKINGS FOR 2004 Nov. 14, 2005  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 […]
House Passes NOAA Conference Report Providing $3.9 Billion in FY ’06 On November 7th the House by a vote of 397-19 adopted the Conference Report to HR 2862(HRpt 109-272), the FY 2006 Science, State, Justice and Commerce Appropriations bill, which contains NOAA funding. The Senate is expected to adopt the report during the week of […]
